2020 was a successful year of people-to-people diplomacy, Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), has said. |
She made the remark during a meeting with the press ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which was held in Hanoi on January 20. The COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainties of the global and regional politics-security have dealt a blow to various sectors in Vietnam, including people-to-people exchange activities, Nga noted. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the VUFO devised solutions to fulfil assigned tasks in an active, flexible, creative and effective manner, thus contributing to the successful implementation of the dual targets of containing the spread of COVID-19 and promoting socio-economic development, she added. The VUFO and its affiliates also raised nearly 1 million face masks, thousands of medical devices and cash worth more than VND10 billion (US$434,000) in total to help people in other nations tackle the pandemic. Such activities have strengthened the friendship with international friends, promoted the image of Vietnam, and raised the country’s global prestige, the diplomat underscored. |
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Vietnam’s diplomacy has enjoyed a successful year in which multilateral diplomacy has obtained remarkable results.
Despite global difficulties, Vietnam has actively and creatively exploited opportunities to elevate its international status.
2020 saw great turmoil in the region and the world – the COVID-19 pandemic, strategic competition between countries, a global economic recession, and many traditional and non-traditional security threats.
In 2020, as the ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Vietnam has obtained important achievements and laid a foundation for future cooperation.
As the ASEAN Chair, Vietnam has steered ASEAN to obtain high priority cooperation goals.
The building of an ASEAN Community has gained concrete results.
We quickly adopted social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All scheduled conferences were held and cooperative channels were activated.
We proposed feasible ideas to harmonize concerns and interests of member countries. Many of Vietnam’s innovative ideas have been adopted as ASEAN Initiatives.
Vietnam proposed the establishment of a COVID-19 Response Fund, a Regional Reserve of Medical Supplies, and safe travel criteria.
For the first time, the UN issued a Statement on Upholding the UN Charter.
As a non-permanent member of the UNSC, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired an open debate on upholding the UN Charter to mark the 75th anniversary of the Charter.
We have successfully carried out our tasks in 2020. Vietnam has launched initiatives to raise high the UN Charter and effect peaceful solutions to security issues.
The UN Secretary General’s compliment that Vietnam is a strong partner makes us not only proud but determined to take on more responsibility to meet the world’s future expectations.
Amid unprecedented difficulties, Vietnam made good ground in 2020 and is well placed to make further foreign relations headway this year
For Vietnam, in addition to the global challenges, 2020 was a year when it had to shoulder two major international responsibilities – chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 term.
The fact that a pandemic was raging and taking lives all over the world made foreign relations tasks even more challenging for Vietnam. The country had to remain focused on tackling the pandemic while maintaining and promoting relationships with other countries as also pushing key agendas.
Vietnam has been able to catch up with the new developments in the world and move into a new state when participating in foreign affairs
Vietnam has had a successful year in accomplishing all of its foreign affairs missions.
Vietnam has excellently demonstrated its role as an active, dynamic and responsible member of the regional and international community
The nation has made "practical contributions" with initiatives and proposals that have been "welcomed and supported" by countries in the region and the world.
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