Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged newly-appointed ambassadorsand heads of representative agencies of Vietnam abroad to makeactive contributions to the national construction and defence andsocio-economic development.
Meeting with thediplomats in Hanoi on July 22 before they leave for their overseasmissions, PM Dung reiterated the country’s current targets, includingmaintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the nationaldevelopment and securing the national independence, sovereignty,unification and territorial integrity.
He said thediplomats should pay attention to strengthening friendship and mutualunderstanding between Vietnam and the rest of the world and makingfull use of international support for Vietnam stance, especially insafeguarding the national sovereignty.
At the sametime, they should work to expand export markets, boost Vietnameseinvestment overseas and attract foreign cash flows to the country,particularly in the field of clean and high technology.
In addition, promoting culture, education, science-technology,security and defence partnership with the host countries is also amongtheir tasks, he added.
The ambassadors and heads ofVietnamese representative agencies abroad need to pay special attentionto the protection of Vietnamese citizens while fostering theconnectivity among overseas Vietnamese, he said.
The same day, the diplomats was also received by Chairman of theNational Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung, who expressed his belief that withtheir experience and endeavour, they will help boost parliamentarycooperation between Vietnam and other countries, serving the upcominghosting of the 123 rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)in Hanoi in 2015.
For their part, the ambassadorsand heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad promised theywill do their utmost to beef up diplomatic ties between Vietnam andthe countries.-VNA