Foreign affairs and international integration work achieved many positive results
General Secretary and President To Lam assessed that foreign affairs and international integration have achieved many positive results in the past time.
On the afternoon of October 26, implementing the Working Regulations of the Central Steering Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Integration (Steering Committee), the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee held the first meeting.
General Secretary, President To Lam, Head of the Steering Committee chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were Politburo members: National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc; Deputy Prime Minister Phan Van Giang. Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra; Party and State leaders who are Standing members of the Steering Committee also attended.
General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized that the Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee is a very important mechanism, directly directing the implementation of the Work Program, orienting the removal of difficulties and obstacles, solving difficult, new, and inter-sectoral tasks but not replacing the tasks that departments, ministries, and sectors are doing well.
With the "important and regular" task that the 14th Party Congress has identified, foreign affairs and international integration must be associated with the responsibility of the entire political system, defense, security and national development; maintain stability for development, develop to increase internal strength and self-reliance must be shown in each policy of the country.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man requested that in the coming time, agencies when advising on commitments and agreements need to ensure clarity, quantifiability, measurability and practical effectiveness. Affirming the importance of the National Assembly's foreign affairs, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized that international cooperation in parliamentary diplomacy needs to go hand in hand with promoting cooperation and monitoring the implementation of international agreements.
Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu affirmed that foreign affairs activities, especially head of state diplomacy, since the 14th Party Congress have been implemented with many innovations. Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu emphasized that the task in the future is to deepen the existing results, create comprehensive strength, bring specific benefits to the country, and contribute more proactively and actively to solving common problems of the world.
Highly appreciating the activities of the 3 Inter-sectoral Affairs Committees on Foreign Affairs and International Integration on Politics, National Defense, Security; Economy and Science - Technology; Culture - Society, Education and Training that have been deployed synchronously in the past time, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc requested relevant departments, ministries, branches, and localities to be more drastic in monitoring and urging tasks, especially the Work Program until the end of 2026 and the Work Program for 2027.
Politburo Member, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung presented draft Summary Reports on the implementation of the Steering Committee's work; emphasizing that the activities of the Steering Committee as well as foreign affairs and international integration in the entire political system have achieved many important results.
Concluding the meeting, General Secretary and President To Lam assessed that in the past time, foreign affairs and international integration have achieved many positive results, with changes in the quality of advice, coordination and implementation, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, expanding cooperation and creating more resources for national development. Foreign affairs on channels and fields have been deployed synchronously, and the work of monitoring commitments and agreements has gradually shifted from counting progress to evaluating results and clarifying responsibilities.
The General Secretary and President requested the 3 Inter-sectoral Working Committees to continue to promote their advisory and coordinating roles in order to continue to improve the quality and sustainability of the achieved results.
The General Secretary and President also requested relevant agencies to focus on implementing key tasks in the last months of the year, especially in proactively forecasting strategies, improving the effectiveness of foreign affairs activities, transforming commitments into projects, products and real markets to practically serve people's lives; coordinate unifiedly, monitor results and promote responsibility; prepare well for the next tasks, including the progress of APEC 2027 preparations.
The General Secretary and President assigned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the Standing Agency of the Steering Committee to closely coordinate with relevant agencies to improve the quality of synthesis, forecasting, and information sharing; early identify changes affecting the country's interests to promptly advise on countermeasures; review and select priority contents, concretize memorandums of understanding (MOU), agreements, and joint statements into specific projects and products, making positive contributions to the overall development of the country, for the benefit of the people, and at the same time contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and in the world.
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