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According to the Deputy PM, President Ho Chi Minh gave prominence to basic national rights, stressing that independence and self-reliance must be closely associated with international solidarity and cooperation. The President attached great importance to friendship and cooperation with neighboring countries sharing border with Vietnam, along with expanding relations with countries in the region and the world, and well handling relations with powerful countries for the sake of the revolution’s interests.
In the President’s view, diplomacy is a front, and the national strength should be combined with the era’s strength to create an overall strength. He always put Vietnam in the world’s flows, and paid great attention to the world’s centers of power and major trends.
Deputy PM Minh underlined that the Ho Chi Minh diplomatic thought also reflects the peace-loving tradition of the Vietnamese nation, and harmoniously combines national and international values.
He asserted that the President’s diplomatic thought is an invaluable heritage, the foundation of strength and the key for Vietnam to successfully implement the Party’s policy on external relations through different periods of the revolution.
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| President Ho Chi Minh receives visiting UK parliamentarians in 1957. |
According to Deputy PM Minh, it is thanks to the creative application of President Ho Chi Minh’s diplomatic thought that Vietnam’s diplomatic sector has made important achievements, contributing to maintaining a peaceful environment and attracting resources for national development, defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and enhancing the country’s position in the international arena.
The Deputy PM and FM said Vietnam attaches great importance to relations with neighboring countries sharing the same border, and with strategic and comprehensive partners. At the same time, Vietnam has strived to develop substantial relations with neighboring countries in the region and traditional friendly countries.
He highlighted that with its new position and power, Vietnam has participated in and actively contributed to most of important international organizations and forums, successfully performed many important missions and positively contributed to the settlement of many important international issues.
In an increasingly complicated international situation, the external affair sector has contributed effectively to firmly defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The sector has made great efforts in building a land border of peace, friendship and development with Laos, Cambodia and China. Amid the complex situation in the East Sea, the sector has timely and judiciously handled arising issues, resolutely and consistently defending the sovereignty, territorial integrity and legitimate rights and interests of Vietnam at sea, the Deputy PM said.
He went on to say that as the world is witnessing great, profound and unpredictable changes, Vietnam should continue to apply the Ho Chi Minh thought on diplomacy in a creative manner in order to stay inside the “era’s flow”, thus creating great power to take the country’s revolution to new successes.
The top diplomat stressed that Vietnam’s diplomacy must uphold its role as a pioneering front to maintain a favorable international environment and attract all sources of resource to serve national development, elevate the country’s position and defend the country.
“We must persist with the constant goal which is the supreme interest of the country and nation, while building tactics and acting in a smart and flexible manner to respond to changes in the situation,” Minh wrote.
Regarding the complex developments in the East Sea, the Deputy PM and FM said Vietnam will persevere with peaceful measures to settle disputes and at the same time is resolute to protect its most noble rights which are territorial integrity of the Fatherland and independence of the country.
Deputy PM Minh also made clear that Vietnam will continue to promote and enhance the efficiency of international integration, treasure relations with countries sharing the same border, deepen ties with countries in the region and the world, and elevate multilateral diplomacy.
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President Ho Chi Minh, the founder of Vietnam’s modern diplomacy, left the diplomatic sector a valuable heritage, namely unique thoughts on diplomacy
President Ho Chi Minh gave prominence to basic national rights, stressing independence and self-reliance must be closely associated with international solidarity and co-operation.
During the resistance war against US imperialism, President Ho Chi Minh not only set out and directed the implementation of external policies and strategic guidelines but was also directly involved in diplomatic activities to expand the country’s international relations.
With his prestige, preeminence and artistic diplomatic style, President Ho Chi Minh established and expanded the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and numerous countries and international organisations in the world, enlisting the support of the international community for the cause of national independence in Vietnam.
Although the former President passed away many years ago, the Heads of State of foreign countries and international friends still continue to visit the Presidential Palace where Uncle Ho lived and worked to learn more about his life, career, talents and personality.
Continuing to proactively consolidate the relationships with partners, while expanding our international friends network, especially people from neighboring countries, ASEAN, countries which are Vietnam’s strategic partners, traditional friends.
We possess a lot of advantages and potentials in terms of people-to-people diplomacy.
In recent years, VN has attained outstanding achievements in socio-economic development, social stability maintenance.
Vn's diplomacy has been moving forward unceasingly.
This is a huge resource which builds the trust in the international community, inspire and create concensus for the the entire society, thus enable the fluid implementation of people-to-people diplomacy.
VN's strength also derives from Vietnam’s foreign policy and President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on external affairs, which prioritizes peace, solidarity, cooperation and development.
This is a burning aspiration of every people in the world, and completely in alignment with the interests of the nation and the people of Vietnam.
Implementing the foreign policy of peace, independence, self-determination, diversification and multilateralization of international relations, VN has expanded our relations with various countries across the globe, deepening and widening international integration.
VN has across-the-nation team of personnels dedicated topeople-to-people diplomacy, whose qualification and capabilities have been enhanced unceasingly.
In this context, it is significant to creatively apply Ho Chi Minh’s thoughtsexternal affairs based on Vietnamese traditition of harmony, humanity, and faithfulness.
practicing an open foreign policy, bearing in mind the motto of “making more friends, fewer enemies”, avoiding confrontation, hatred, being friends with all countries, searching for the commonalities to gather forces, conquer and convince people on the basis of honesty/sincerity and ethics/morality.
we have been persistently protecting the nation and people’s interests, while respecting human race’s common interests, considering our partners’ interests, not pursuing the selfish mindset of sole national interest.
Since no country can solve the issues facing the world alone, we have to join hands together to overcome them.
To reinforce the research work, especially on the impact of new developments in the international situation, measures to boost solidarity, people’s cooperation, and vision, long-term strategy for people-to-people diplomacy.
VN's diplomacy strategy is very flexible
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