HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is ready to undertake any diplomatic missionand will actively work on them for the country, said Secretary of the municipalParty Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on July 9.
During aworking session in the city with a delegation led by the head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission for External Relations, Hoang Binh Quan, Nhanalso said tourist arrivals in the city have grown by around 25 percent eachyear.
Over the recentyears, the city has fostered friendships and cooperation ties with Vietnam’sneighboring countries and strategic partners, and stepped up diplomaticactivities with foreign localities and coordination between local enterprisesand foreign partners, he said.
For hispart, Quan lauded the city for effectively undertaking several diplomatic works,including the reception of delegations, management of non-governmentalorganisations and information for foreign services, as well as its importantcontributions to relations with neighboring countries such as Laos, Cambodia,and other important traditional partners.
He askedthe city to become a model of external work for other localities nationwide byfurther improving the quality of overseas working trips; effectively realisingsigned agreements to foster trust and long-term cooperation with foreignpartners; strengthening and improving the political and economic efficiency ofpeople-to-people diplomacy; and actively supporting the Party’s and State’sexternal work in the future.
During 2017and the first half of this year, Ho Chi Minh City actively launchedcomprehensive diplomatic activities channelled through the Party,administration, and people in the pillars of politics, economy, culture,people-to-people diplomacy, and overseas Vietnamese work, thus contributing toimproving its stature on the international arena, especially in Southeast Asia.
The citywelcomed over 200 foreign delegations, effectively held the city leaders’working trips abroad to tighten friendship and promote trade, and activelystepped up economic diplomatic activities.
In the nearfuture, the city will continue to synchronously launch the Party’s and State’sexternal activities and people-to-people diplomacy; realise signed agreementswith foreign localities; actively prevent negative impact from globalintegration; and perform the work related to overseas Vietnamese appropriately.-VNA
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