Diplomacy makes worthy contribution to national development: Deputy PM

Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh speaks at the conference 

The diplomatic sector has efficiently served the national revolutionary cause and made worthy contribution to the country’s strong rise from the ruin of war to become a symbol of peace, stability, unity and harmony, renovation and development, according to the country’s top diplomat Pham Binh Minh. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reviewed the work and achievements of the diplomatic sector over the past years in the context of a world full of constant changes, and outlined the main tasks for the sector in the time ahead in an article on the occasion of the 30th Diplomatic Conference and 19th External Affair Conference from August 12-17 in Hanoi. 

The Deputy PM underlined that over the past two years, the international and regional situation is witnessing rapid, complex and unforeseeable changes, posing many challenges to the country’s strategic environment and creating direct impacts on the country’s security and development interests. 

He noted that despite the recovery of the global economy, global financial risks, protectionism and trade wars are having negative effects on economic development of the world and Vietnam.  

The rise of the industrial revolution 4.0 and science-technology as an important production force also creates unprecedented challenges for Vietnam, he said, adding that the risk of lagging behind is real if the country cannot capitalize on the trend.   

Meanwhile, the political–security situation in the world is full of fluctuations such as policy adjustments of countries and the rise of nationalism, which make the regional security increasingly insecure. Interest differences among G7, G20 and EU members affect the role of multi-lateral mechanisms. Complicated developments in the East Sea, especially large-scale reclamation and militarization activities are threatening peace, security and stability in the region as well as the legitimate rights and interests of many countries including Vietnam. 

Deputy PM and FM Minh affirmed that following the external relation guideline of the 12th Party Congress, the diplomatic sector has persistently upheld its principles, firmly pursued targets and exercised proactiveness and flexibility in implementing assigned tasks, thus achieving many important outcomes, contributing to protecting national sovereignty and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development, integration while enhancing the country’s position. 

The head of the diplomatic sector underlined that the sector has paid special attention to building institutions in the field. Over the past two years, the sector has submitted to the Party and the Government many proposals on foreign policies, including those dealing with international economic integration and promotion of multilateral external relations.

Accordingly, Vietnam has actively deepening relations with neighbouring countries, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), major powers, strategic partners, comprehensive partners and traditional friendly countries. So far, Vietnam has established diplomatic relationships with 188 countries, and strategic and comprehensive partnerships with 27 partners, which include all five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The wide network of relations not only helps enhance Vietnam’s status but also provides an important foundation of and contributes directly to national defence and construction.  

Deputy PM Minh stressed that through creating the foundation of political trust, the diplomatic sector performed well its role in promoting international economic integration and expanding markets for the country. Vietnam has set up free trade frameworks with nearly 60 countries, which in combination account for 59 percent of world population, 61 percent of world GDP and 68 percent of world trade, through 16 free trade agreements (FTAs), including new-generation ones such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). Vietnam’s localities have also inked 420 international agreements since 2016 covering cooperation in all aspects. 

At the same time, the country has optimized multilateral mechanisms to protect national rights and interests, while engaging in joint efforts to address common challenges facing the international community, the Deputy PM said. 

According to Minh, the country has shifted from “actively participating in” to “taking initiative in contributing to and bulding multilateral institutions.” As the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year in 2017, Vietnam selected the theme and priorities for the year that suited the common concern and reconciled differences, thus helping define the orientation for a new period of development in the region in the APEC post-2020 vision. In the context of strong rise of nationalism and protectionism, APEC 2017 was able to not only maintain the impetus but also push forward linkage, connectivity and free trade in the region. 

Besides, Vietnam also demonstrated its high sense of responsibility as member of ASEAN, the UN, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the UN Security Council, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Mekong mechanisms, among others. 

A top and regular task of the diplomatic sector is to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Deputy PM and FM Minh said the sector has maintained close coordination with other ministries, agencies and local administrations while cooperating with relevant countries to build borderlines of peace, friendship, stability and cooperation for development. 

In the East Sea issue, facing new and complicated developments with potential unforeseeable risks, Vietnam has persistently and firmly deployed many measures to defend national sovereignty and sovereign and jurisdiction rights over waters, continental shelf and islands in line with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. 

The Deputy PM said Vietnam, together with the ASEAN and China, is pushing negotiations on a legally-binding and effective Code of Conduct on the East Sea. At the same time, the country is actively expanding marine cooperation with countries inside and outside the region, and holding talks to narrow differences and build trust. 

Protecting the interests of Vietnamese citizens and Vietnamese nationals overseas is another task of special importance for the diplomatic sector, according to Minh. Since 2016, the sector has protected more than 16,000 citizens and more than 5,000 fishermen. Guidelines and policies on support of overseas Vietnamese have been carried out synchronously, helping consolidate the national unity bloc and optimize the resource from 4.5 million overseas Vietnamese for national development. 

Cultural diplomacy has also received attention with a view to preserving the national cultural identity during international integration and enhancing the nation’s position and “soft” strength. A project on honouring President Ho Chi Minh as a hero of national liberation and an outstanding man of culture has been carried out effectively. 

Furthermore, since 2016 Vietnam has had eight more heritage items recognised by UNESCO, bringing the total number of UNESCO-recognised heritage titles in the country to 38. The recognition has greatly helped promote the image and tourism of localities home to the heritage.  

Deputy PM and FM Minh said the achievements recorded by the diplomatic sector have contributed to the national cause of construction and defence, but many opportunities remain untapped. Besides, international integration and scientific-technological development have brought about many challenges that require the diplomatic sector to make greater efforts, be more innovative in thinking, adopt modern approaches and pay more attention to efficiency in order to successfully implement the Party’s guidelines and resolutions. This is the main theme of the 30th Diplomatic Conference. 

He said the conference will review the implementation of the Resolution of the 12th Party Congress on external affairs and map out measures to continue reaping good outcomes in the work. 

 The conference will also make assessment and forecast of the world and regional situation in the next 3-5 years with a vision for 10-15 years beyond with a view to identifying opportunities and challenges facing the country. 

Measures and methods to improve the efficiency of the country’s integration process will be discussed, with an emphasis on multilateral diplomatic activities in the time ahead. 

The Diplomatic Conference was first organized in 1957 and has since become a traditional event of the diplomatic sector.

Vietnam-Australia defence consultation expected to boost cooperation

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and Stephen Moore, Assistant Secretary Global Interests at the Australian Department of Defence 

The 12th Vietnam – Australia defence cooperation consultation, which will cover a wide range of issues, is expected to boost ties between the two defence ministries, said Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh. 

The Deputy Minister made his comment at a reception in Hanoi on August 14 for the Australian delegation to the consultation, led by Stephen Moore, Assistant Secretary Global Interests at the Australian Department of Defence.

Vinh said the consultation will also help the two sides optimise the role of their consultation and dialogue mechanisms at different levels, first of all the diplomatic-defence strategic dialogue and defence policy dialogue to be held in October this year. 

The official noted that the Vietnam Ministry of Defence considers Australia a key partner, which has supported the country in building its peacekeeping training centre.  

Vinh thanked Australia for its commitment to sponsor equipment for and transport of Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital to the UN Mission in South Sudan.

For his part, Moore said topics suggested by his host, including collaboration between military corps, peacekeeping mission, cyber security, and alleviation of war aftermath in Vietnam, will be discussed at the defence cooperation consultation.

He stated Australia values ties with Vietnam and is working with Vietnam to identify suitable areas for bilateral defence cooperation.

Youths urged to contribute further to Vietnam-China friendship

Hoang Binh Quan (right), head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) Fu Zhenbang 

Hoang Binh Quan, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on August 14 expressed his belief that young people in Vietnam and China should be aware of their mission to continue cultivating the friendship between the two countries. 

He made the statement while receiving Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) Fu Zhenbang, who is currently visiting Vietnam to attend the 18th Vietnam-China youth friendship meeting which takes place from August 13-19.

Quan said the meeting is significant as it contributes to enhancing cooperation, trust, and mutual understanding between the young people of the two countries, as well as their broader populations. 

The official urged the Central Committees of the CYLC and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam to reinforce their in-depth collaboration; step up ideological education for youths; and promote roles for youngsters in emerging areas such as digital, online technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and in efforts against the “colour” revolution. 

For his part, Fu stressed that the Central Committee of the CYLC aims to intensify its friendship with China’s neighbouring countries, such as Vietnam.

The CYLC will enhance exchanges with its Vietnamese counterpart, thus contributing further to the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, he said. 

Military English language training conference opens in Hanoi

Major General Le Duc Manh speaks at the confence 

The Military Regional English Language Schools (RELS) Conference, held by Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Australian Department of Defence, opened in Hanoi on August 14.

The biennial event, which runs until August 17, is being attended by senior military and education officers from the defence forces of Vietnam, Australia, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Timor Leste and Tonga.

Addressing the conference, Major General Le Duc Manh, deputy head of the MoD’s department for personnel work, said this is an important forum for military and education officers to exchange knowledge and experience in English language training.

It also offers opportunities for officers from participating countries to build friendship, he added.

Affirming the role of foreign language training in international cooperation, Assistant Secretary Global Interests at the Australian Defence Department Stephen Moore noted that this year’s the conference will deliver English lessons for the various nations’ peacekeeping forces. 

This is the third time that Vietnam has hosted the RELS Conference.

President Tran Dai Quang meets with heads of the Vietnamese representative agencies abroad 

President Tran Dai Quang attributed the achievements Vietnam has recorded in external affairs and international integration to the contributions made by heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, during talks on the sidelines of the 30th Diplomatic Conference on August 14. 

He asked the diplomatic sector and the chief representatives in particular to focus on implementing orientations and tasks set at the 30th Diplomatic Conference which took place in Hanoi from 13-17. 

Accordingly, it is a necessity to continue reforming thoughts in both diplomacy and national development amidst current changes in the global situation as well as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, he said. 

The President tasked the diplomats with affirming the Party and State’s consistent policy of being a friend, trustworthy partner, and responsible member of the international community. 

He also highlighted the role of diplomats in protecting national interests, urging them to heed raising the quality of economic and cultural diplomacy while continuously improving their capacity for research and strategic forecast. 

The diplomats should raise initiatives at multilateral, regional, and international forums in order to spotlight Vietnam as a responsible member and demonstrate its position, the State leader said. 

One of the key tasks for the chief representatives this year lies with overseas Vietnamese affairs and citizen protection work, the President noted. 

Apart from personnel training, they need to pay attention to Party building; preventing degradation in political ideology, morality, and lifestyle, as well as the phenomena of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation,” he said. 

President Quang asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue its coordination with relevant ministries and agencies to propose specific solutions to the Party and the State to build or restore overseas Vietnamese representative offices. 

The Diplomatic Conference, which was initiated in 1957, convenes every two years to provide a venue for the diplomatic sector to reach a consensus on awareness, resolve, and action to effectively implement the Party and State’s foreign policy. 

Get-together marks 130th birthday of President Ton Duc Thang

At the event 

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a get-together in Hanoi on August 14 to mark the 130th birthday of late President Ton Duc Thang.

The event aimed to honour the great contributions of the late leader to the revolutionary cause of the Party as well as the building of great national unity bloc.

Ton Duc Thang was born on August 20, 1888 into a peasant family in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. He was one of the first leaders of the Vietnamese workers’ movement in the early 20th century.

During his life, he always held the Party’s ideology in high regard and overcame difficulties despite his detainment in prison and the atrocities of war in order to achieve national liberation.

Speaking at the get-together, President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man affirmed that President Ton Duc Thang was a loyal communist who devoted all his life to the revolution and the nation.

“He was an eminent leader of the Party, State and the VFF and an example for us and next generations to follow,” Man stressed.

From President Thang’s example, the VFF committees at all levels will continue stepping up emulation movements in study and production, as well as regularly take care of policy beneficiary families, poor households and those affected by natural disasters.

They will also actively engage in combating corruption and wastefulness, building the pure and strong Party and administration, increasing social consensus, and joining Party and State efforts to fulfill socio-economic development targets and ensure social security, the VFF leader said.

Embassies enhance Vietnam’s economic links with other nations

Visitors to a Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand 

Efforts by Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies over recent years have helped to strengthen the country’s trade and investment ties with partners around the globe, senior diplomats have said.

On the sidelines of the ongoing 30th Diplomatic Conference in Hanoi, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh explained that his embassy has not only continued to organise events to promote trade, investment, tourism, and aviation, but also directly helped to remove obstacles blocking trading activities between the two countries. It has encouraged Indian firms to invest in Vietnam and assisted them in addressing any difficulties they may face, he added.

As a result, Indian investment in Vietnam over the last three years has grown at a faster pace than in the previous period. As of April 2018, there had been 182 valid Indian investment projects, worth a total of 816 million USD and placing the country 28th amongst those countries and territories investing in Vietnam.

Connectivity plays a central role in economic exchange, he stressed, adding that it will initially bring direct benefits to tourism. India’s outbound tourists have increased sharply recently, at about 22 million people each year at present – a figure hoped to reach 50 million in the near future.

In 2017, more than 3.5 million Indian tourists visited Southeast Asia, including 110,000 to Vietnam – a rise from 85,000 in 2016. The number of Indian arrivals in Vietnam is expected to hit 150,000 this year. If further direct air routes are opened, this figure may hit 300,000 annually, he noted.

In recent years, the embassy has made efforts to improve the two countries’ connectivity, particularly in terms of transport by air – including meetings with Indian airline firms and encouraging Vietnamese carriers to open direct flights to India. As a result, Vietjet Air announced that it will open a direct route from Ho Chi Minh City to New Delhi this October. Meanwhile, Indian carrier IndiGo also plans to launch a direct air route to Vietnam next year, Thanh said.

In South Africa, the Vietnamese Embassy has worked hard to promote economic diplomacy – one of the three pillars of diplomacy, according Ambassador Vu Van Dung. He noted that they have supported market expansion in order to help maintain bilateral trade at over 1 billion USD in the context of local and global economic slowdown.

He elaborated that over the past few years, the embassy has also actively coordinated with local agencies to organise and take part in an array of events – including the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), the trade and investment promotion workshop of Vinh Phuc province, and the ASEAN-Africa Business Expo – in big South African economic hubs like Johannesburg and Cape Town, solidifying the connection between the two business circles.

In terms of the Vietnam-Malaysia relations, bilateral cooperation and friendship have been consolidated along many different dimensions, including culture, economy, politics and diplomacy, and defence and security, according to Ambassador Le Quy Quynh.

Quynh said his embassy has worked hard to step up multifaceted ties and is pleased with the Malaysia-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce’s establishment in January 2017 and its official debut in November the same year to help connect Malaysian enterprises with Vietnamese partners.

Meanwhile, Vietnam is one of the main ASEAN trade partners of Spain, Ambassador Ngo Tien Dung noted, adding that the Vietnamese community and embassy there have acted as a bridge, helping to develop bilateral connections.

He said that two-way trade has risen by some 15 percent each year over the last decade to surpass 3 billion USD in 2017. Both sides expect this figure to reach 5 billion USD by 2020. The European nation is also looking to create further business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region with other countries. 

Vietnam and Spain will celebrate 10 years of their strategic partnership in 2019. Therefore, pushing ahead with meetings and mutual visits at all levels and between businesses is a practical measure to tap into enormous cooperation chances and potential, thus contributing to the development and common interests of both countries, the diplomat said.

Ho Chi Minh City official receives Lao delegation

At the meeting 

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem welcomed a Lao delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Sundara Sourioudong during a reception in the city on August 14. 

Liem said Ho Chi Minh City is one of the leading localities nationwide in terms of joint work with Laos, making positive contributions to consolidating bilateral ties. 

He extended his condolences to Lao victims over severe damage caused by the recent hydropower dam collapse in Attapeu province. 

Liem expressed his hope that via the visit, both sides will continue working closely together in science-technology for the sake of prosperity and common development in the region. 

The Lao Deputy Minister Sundara Sourioudong, for his part, said the visit aims to learn from the city’s experience in developing science-technology and intellectual property because it is one of the leading Vietnamese localities in the field. 

He wished to receive further support from the city in development areas, especially in science-technology. 

Both sides discussed the city’s incentives for science-technology for the 2016 – 2020 period, and the State management in intellectual property.

HCM City marks India’s 72nd Independence Day

Huynh Thanh Lap, President of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association of Ho Chi Minh City addresses the event 

A get-together was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 14 to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day of India, showing the friendship and solidarity between the people of Ho Chi Minh City and India.

Addressing the event, Huynh Thanh Lap, President of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association (VIFA) of Ho Chi Minh City said that the date of August 15, 1947 marked the birth of the independent state of India, opening up the way for developing India into a prosperous and modern country with big influence and most dynamic development in the region and the world.

Lap said that amidst the sound relationship between Vietnam and India, the VIFA and the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) carried out various activities in the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2017, along with diplomatic and cultural exchange activities, thus contributing to foster the solidarity and friendship between the people of the city and India.

For his part, Srikar Reddy, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, affirmed that the India-Vietnam relationship, nurtured and developed by generations of Indian and Vietnamese leaders, have flourished on the foundation of mutual trust and understanding as well as similarity in viewpoints on various regional and international issues.

He noted that the India-Vietnam partnership has seen positive progress in all fields such as politics, trade, investment, tourism, culture and education, thereby benefiting the people of both countries.

On this occasion, Reddy expressed hope to continue receiving cooperation and support from HUFO and VIFA in implementing cooperation activities in the coming time, including a ceremony commemorating the 150th birthday of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, as well as in popularising Yoga, and organising exchanges among students of universities of Ho Chi Minh City and India and among businesses of the two nations.

Currently, India ranks 27th among 126 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with nearly 200 projects worth about 875 million USD. Last year, two-way trade reached 7.63 billion USD and the figure is expected to hit 15 billion USD in 2020.

Ambassadors emphasise importance of Overseas Vietnamese affairs

Delegates try the product displayed at the Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand 

Issues related to Overseas Vietnamese (OV) are an important part of the regular tasks of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, said many Vietnamese Ambassadors to foreign countries, who are attending the 30th Diplomatic Conference in Hanoi.

Vu Dang Dung, Ambassador to Poland, said the OV community in Poland is among the biggest communities of Vietnamese in Europe. Therefore, the Vietnamese Embassy in the country has always supported the OV community’s activities in preserving the traditional cultural values.

According to the Ambassador, one of the important tools to keep the traditional culture is the teaching of the Vietnamese language to younger OV generations. The OV community in Poland has set up a Vietnamese language school in Warsaw. The community also hold various cultural exchange activities every year.

Dung said there are a large number of Vietnamese organisations in Poland, but their leaders are mostly in their old age. The question is how to get young people involved in those organisations, which is a task for both the OV community and the embassy, he said.

The view on the importance of OV affairs was shared by Doan Xuan Hung, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany, a country with a 170,000-strong Vietnamese community.

Hung said besides assisting the OV community in fostering the Vietnamese cultural identity, the embassy also coordinates with the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to organise cultural events. Prominent among them were three exhibitions on Vietnam’s archaeological treasures since October 2016, which attracted large numbers of visitors.

In addition, the embassy has held workshops and talks on Vietnam’s situation, especially the struggle to protect national sovereignty at sea. It has arranged annual visits to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago for representatives of the OV community.

According to the ambassador, the OV community in Germany has set up the Truong Sa Club to spread information on the homeland’s seas and islands.

Overseas Vietnamese contribute to national socio-economic development

A Vietnamese-language class for children in Prague, the Czech Republic 

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs have proved effective and contributed to the country’s socio-economic development.

The statement was made by Luong Thanh Nghi, deputy head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, on the sidelines of the 30th Diplomatic Conference on August 14.

Nghi recalled the Overseas Vietnamese Conference held in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, which attracted the participation of around 500 Vietnamese expats from around the world. Participating OVs made about 50 proposals related to different issues and serving the development of Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general. 

To date, several proposals have been carried out, including Ho Chi Minh City’s smart city project, measures to address traffic congestion and develop high technology in agriculture.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs has connected with young Vietnamese scientists and intellectuals from such organisations as the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts, the Vietnam Initiative and the Vietnam Challenge in the US. Many of them have contributed ideas to Vietnam’s lawmaking process, especially in the fields of digital economy, sustainable development, clean energy, and block chain.

The committee also coordinated with Ho Chi Minh City to hold a start-up forum to connect Vietnamese young people inside and outside the country in San Francisco late 2017 and a similar event in the Vietnamese city in June 2018.

These forums have helped domestic offices and localities to build an effective start-up ecosystem that can attract young Vietnamese people living abroad, Nghi stated.

According to Nghi, more and more OVs are keen on coming back home to do business. They have so far poured nearly 4 billion USD into around 3,000 projects in 45 provinces and cities, which have produce huge economic profits, created jobs for locals and contributed to the nation’s socio-economic development.

The remittance inflows are on uptrend as well. Statistics from the World Bank showed that remittance to Vietnam was valued at 25 billion USD in 2016-2017, 60 percent of which was invested in production and business.

Nghi shared that one of the state committee’s main tasks is to attract more contributions from young OVs. 

There are around 130,000 Vietnamese students learning abroad, who are expected to important contributors to the country’s development in future, he added.

Training course provides updated knowledge for CPVCC members

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the event 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong on August 14 attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of a training course providing updated knowledge for CPVCC members.

The event also saw the attendance of President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, members of the CPVCC’s Political Bureau and Secretariat, and 94 CPVCC members who were elected to the CPVCC for the first time.

Chairman of the CPVCC’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh said the course aims to update the participants on the Party’s policies and guidelines as well as the State’s laws and policies in the fields of Party building, socio-economic development, defence-security and foreign affairs.

It will also provide the participants with new knowledge, and theoretical and practical issues, which will practically serve the leadership and direction of the CPVCC members, he added. 

As scheduled, from August 14-18, the CPVCC members will hear nine reports presented by senior leaders of the Party and the State, and Politburo members. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will present a report related to the building of an upright, serviceable and action-oriented government to promote the country’s socio-economic development in the current context. 

Meanwhile, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will introduce issues regarding the building of a law-governed socialist State in the new situation.

The participants also have a chance to get an insight into the renovation and rearrangement of the organizational structure of the political system, and the personnel training and management in the new situation, which will be clarified by Chairman of the CPVCC’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh. 

Other issues to be introduced during the course include the Party's ideological work; the promotion of the strength of the national unity, implementation of social democracy and ensuring people's right to mastery; strategies on Fatherland safeguarding, national defence and security, military affairs and diplomacy; the completion of socialist-oriented market economic institutions; and the development of the State and private economic sectors.