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Vietnam to remain active player in shaping ASEAN’s future: minister
Entering a new era of national development with the aspiration of building a strong and prosperous country, the mindset of "growing alongside ASEAN" will guide Vietnam’s more proactive, positive, and substantive contributions to the ASEAN Community and the co-creation of the region’s shared future, noted Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung.
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New impetus for deeper Vietnam–Australia ties
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam's state visit comes as the Vietnam–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is booming. Leaders expect it will inject new momentum, making ties deeper, more substantive and more effective.
33rd Diplomatic Conference: Vietnam's foreign policy wins praise from Canadian expert
Vina Nadjibulla, former Vice President for Research and Strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, credited pragmatic diplomacy with allowing Vietnam to build relationships with a range of partners without becoming overly dependent on any single country. That approach, she noted, has become more relevant as major-power rivalry heats up, the global economy fragments, and pressure mounts on countries to pick sides.
Vietnam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership set for new breakthrough after top leader’s Australia visit
Vietnam remains active contributor to ASEAN Community Vision 2045
OP-ED: Vietnamese diplomacy seeks to turn every relationship into new cooperation opportunity
Vietnam-Australia ties poised for new development breakthroughs
Top leader highlights dynamic growth in Vietnam–Malaysia relations
Aug 05, 2026 21:39
General Secretary and President Lam congratulated the ambassador on the successful completion of his mission in Vietnam and wished him further success in his new position, expressing confidence that he will continue contributing to Malaysia's diplomacy and the development of bilateral ties.
Party, people-to-people diplomacy urged to contribute more effectively to national development
Aug 05, 2026 21:38
Party diplomacy has made breakthroughs in expanding and deepening relations with political parties around the world, helping consolidate political foundations and orient State-level relations. Meanwhile, people-to-people diplomacy has seen positive changes in its thinking, content and methods, with an expanding network of partners and more active and substantive participation in regional and international people-to-people mechanisms.
Party diplomacy builds political foundation for Vietnam's ties with other countries
Aug 05, 2026 21:36
For Party diplomacy, the goal is to provide more proactive policy advice, build higher political trust, deepen relations, make cooperation more practical and ensure stronger implementation, with concrete contributions to national development as the highest measure of success.
Diplomatic sector helps create favourable external environment for development: PM
Aug 04, 2026 22:04
Diplomacy has also contributed to mobilising external resources, expanding markets, attracting investment, and promoting sci-tech and innovation, thereby supporting productivity gains, economic restructuring and sustainable development, said Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.
Vietnam's diplomacy shows resilience, self-reliance, responsibility: Ambassadors
Aug 04, 2026 22:03
Speaking on the occasion of the 33rd Diplomatic Conference, ambassadors from Laos, Japan, the Philippines, China and South Africa highlighted Vietnam's growing international standing, its foreign policy of independence and self-reliance, and its commitment to peace, cooperation and sustainable development.
Top leader meets ASEAN diplomats, calls for united, resilient ASEAN Community
Aug 04, 2026 21:37
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam highly valued the bloc’s achievements across political, security-defence, economic, socio-cultural and other areas through numerous programmes and initiatives. He voiced confidence that member states would uphold solidarity, strengthen cooperation, reinforce ASEAN's centrality, and successfully realise the ASEAN Community Vision 2045.
NA Chairman urges stronger parliamentary, economic diplomacy
Aug 04, 2026 21:37
The National Assembly always stands alongside and supports the diplomatic sector. It will continue to proactively improve the legal framework governing foreign affairs, international treaties and agreements, as well as the operations of Vietnamese representative missions abroad, while paying attention to policies and working conditions for officials serving overseas, said NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
Three ministries step up coordination to advance Vietnam's external affairs in new era
Aug 03, 2026 21:48
Against the backdrop of rapid and profound global changes, the ministers said stronger coordination is essential to support the country's goal of achieving fast and sustainable development while safeguarding national interests and protecting the nation early and from afar.
33rd Diplomatic Conference: Top leader’s broad directions provide fresh impetus for new stage of development
Aug 01, 2026 22:44
To effectively carry out top leader To Lam's directions, the diplomatic sector’s first and most fundamental step is to further improve awareness and professional capacity across all spheres. Diplomats must gain a deep understanding of the Party's and the State's directions, fully grasp the country's development requirements in the current context, and stay abreast of new demands arising from the rapidly changing international environment.
33rd Diplomatic Conference: Ministers stress need to safeguard national interests to the fullest
Aug 01, 2026 22:44
Vietnam must consistently pursue its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, and diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, while promoting deep, comprehensive and effective international integration to safeguard the national interests to the fullest extent.
Address by Party General Secretary and State President at 33rd Diplomatic Conference
Aug 01, 2026 22:44
The 33rd Diplomatic Conference, themed “Promoting the pioneering role and fulfilling the crucial and regular task of Vietnam's external affairs in the new era,” officially opened in Hanoi on August 1 morning in a hybrid format, with videoconferencing extended to localities across the nation and Vietnamese representative missions abroad. Party General Secretary and State President To Lam attended and delivered a keynote address at the conference. The People's Deputies Newspaper would like to introduce a translation of his speech.
33rd Diplomatic Conference: Vietnamese diplomacy shifts from paving the way to creating development resources
Aug 01, 2026 17:05
Vietnamese diplomacy is entering an important transition, shifting from expanding relations and enhancing the country’s international standing to mobilising resources for national development in the new era, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung.
Diplomatic achievements lay groundwork for upgrading Vietnam–Canada ties: diplomat
Aug 01, 2026 17:05
Among Vietnam's broader diplomatic achievements, relations with Canada stand out as one of the partnerships with the greatest potential for future development. The two countries share many common interests and complementary strengths, particularly in sustainable development, green transition, supply chain security, science-technology, and innovation.
Top leader attends opening of 33rd Diplomatic Conference
Aug 01, 2026 17:04
Since its inception in 1957, the Diplomatic Conference has served as the foreign affairs sector’s most important forum for reviewing international developments, assessing diplomatic performance, disseminating the Party’s foreign policy and guidelines, and defining priorities for the coming period.
33rd Diplomatic Conference to chart foreign affairs agenda for Vietnam's new development era
Jul 31, 2026 22:31
Held regularly since 1957, the Diplomatic Conference serves as the sector's most important forum, bringing together officials from domestic units and overseas missions to review international developments, assess diplomatic affairs and agree on orientations for the next phase.
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