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Top leader’s visits create new impetus for more substantive ties with Australia, New Zealand
The visits were highly successful, with their objectives achieved to a high degree. Talks and meetings with high-ranking leaders, political figures, businesses, scholars and people in both countries took place in an atmosphere of trust, openness and substance.
Politics-Diplomacy
Top Vietnamese leader concludes state visit to Australia, heads to New Zealand
During the state visit to Australia, the two sides reaffirmed the solid foundation of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, built on strategic trust and mutual understanding over more than five decades.
OP-ED: Foreign policy must serve the national interest
It is no coincidence that Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW identifies foreign affairs as a key, regular task. In a world changing rapidly and marked by uncertainty, any disagreement or shift in relations among major powers can have a direct impact on Vietnam’s development environment.
33rd Diplomatic Conference wraps up in Hanoi
Diplomacy to accompany businesses in expanding Vietnam's development space
Party, people-to-people diplomacy urged to contribute more effectively to national development
Vietnam's diplomacy shows resilience, self-reliance, responsibility: Ambassadors
22nd national conference on foreign affairs focuses on advancing local foreign affairs for development
Aug 02, 2026 22:46
Addressing the conference, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung emphasised the role of local foreign affairs in realising the nation’s development goal, affirming that the national target of achieving 10% growth is a substantive requirement, with local foreign affairs playing an important role in realising this goal.
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.
Foreign affairs must play pioneering role, provide sound advice, take prompt action: Top leader
Aug 01, 2026 15:42
A good diplomat must first have firm political mettle and always take national interests as the compass for action. Every foreign affairs official must remember that behind them stand the Party, the country and the people, stressed Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.
Vietnam's diplomacy must stay proactive, promote strategic standing in new era: Ambassadors
Aug 01, 2026 15:37
Vietnam's enhanced standing, capacity and confidence after four decades of Doi Moi (Renewal) provide a solid foundation for the diplomatic sector not only to maximise external resources for national development, but also to make active and responsible contributions to international peace and security.
Development-focused diplomacy must be at the centre: Top leader
Aug 01, 2026 08:06
Heads of representative missions overseas should always bear in mind that they represent a nation undergoing profound transformation and that every achievement made abroad can be translated into opportunities for people at home, top leader To Lam said.
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.
Foreign Minister receives Vietnam's honorary consuls abroad
Jul 31, 2026 22:31
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung congratulated the delegates on the conference's success and thanked the honorary consuls for their longstanding contributions to citizen protection, as well as trade, investment, education, tourism and cultural exchanges.
Diplomacy must connect global resources for national development: Ambassador
Jul 31, 2026 22:30
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai stressed the importance of translating high-level political trust and cooperation frameworks into practical programmes, projects and measurable outcomes that directly support national development and benefit people and businesses. This requires representative offices to stay aligned with Vietnam's development priorities while understanding the strengths, interests and operating environments of host countries to identify long-term opportunities, connect the right partners and persistently advance cooperation initiatives.
Multilateral diplomacy: Creating development space, elevating Vietnam’s global standing
Jul 30, 2026 21:16
Building on the legacy of Vietnam’s revolutionary diplomacy, the country’s growing strength and the combined efforts of the political system, Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy is well positioned to make a decisive transition - from active participation to proactive contribution, from following international rules to helping shape them, and from consolidating Vietnam’s position to leveraging it for national development and safeguarding the Fatherland.
Vietnam expands honorary consul network to support development in new era
Jul 30, 2026 16:44
The foreign ministry said it will continue expanding the honorary consul network by identifying qualified candidates while providing them with updated information on Vietnam’s economic potential and investment opportunities, enabling them to make greater contributions to the country’s development in the new era.
OV resources: From diplomacy's pioneering role to driver of local development
Jul 30, 2026 16:42
As an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation, OVs represent a vital source of capital, knowledge, science and technology, management expertise, international networks and influence in their host countries. They are both beneficiaries of the State's support and protection policies and active contributors to Vietnam's foreign affairs, helping connect international resources with the country's and each locality's development needs.
Upcoming diplomatic conferences to strengthen Vietnam’s international standing
Jul 29, 2026 22:48
The 33rd Diplomatic Conference and the 22nd National Conference on External Affairs would provide an opportunity for the diplomatic sector to review achievements in foreign affairs and local external relations, identify shortcomings, and draw lessons from recent years.
Honorary consuls help extend Vietnam’s diplomatic reach in new era: Deputy FM
Jul 29, 2026 22:47
Stationed mainly in locations without Vietnamese diplomatic missions, honorary consuls act as an extension of Vietnam’s overseas presence, helping protect citizens and businesses while promoting cooperation between Vietnam and the host countries.
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