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Seminar marks 78th founding anniversary of diplomatic sector

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrated the 78th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector (August 28, 1945-2023) with a hybrid seminar held in Hanoi on August 25.
Seminar marks 78th founding anniversary of diplomatic sector ảnh 1Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son speaks at the seminar. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of ForeignAffairs celebrated the 78th founding anniversary of the diplomaticsector (August 28, 1945-2023) with a hybrid seminar held in Hanoi on August 25.

In his remarks, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasisedthe need to build a comprehensive, modern diplomatic sector that plays a pioneerrole in national construction and defence, adding diplomats should have both good professional knowledge and firm political mettle.

The official also reiterated the idea of “bamboodiplomacy” which was first coined by General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the 29th diplomacy conference in 2016.  

At this conference, the Party leader highlightedthe importance of diplomacy in maintaining peace, preventing conflict, andfostering international cooperation in the context of the rapidly changingworld, he noted.

Participants looked into advantages as well as difficultiesfacing the diplomatic sector, and proposed solutions to promote its mettle,adaptability and pioneer role.

On this occasion, the ministry’s Party Committee announcedwinners of a writing contest on protecting the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV)’s ideological foundation and refuting wrongful and hostile views./.
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