In her opening speech, President of VUFO Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga emphasisedthat the external information and communication work has always been one of thekey political tasks of the union, which is carried out regularly through activities for peace,solidarity and friendship, and international people-to-people cooperation.
VUFO’sexternal information activities have helped update international friends onVietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development, promotion of human rightsand international integration, and the country’s efforts to protect nationalsovereignty over its seas and islands and territorial borders; promote imagesof the land and people of Vietnam; refute misrepresentations about thesituation in Vietnam; contribute to calling for support from internationalfriends and increasing the prestige of the country, she added.
During the seminar, participants focused their discussion on requirements andtasks of the external information work and measures to better the quality andefficiency of external information activities of VUFO.
Addressing the event, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi ThuHang, who is also Director of the ministry’s Department for Press and Information, highlighted the role of external informationin the ministry’s operation, saying that the external information work effectivelyserves political and foreign tasks.
The external information work has contributed to firmly safeguarding Vietnam'ssovereignty, territory, sovereign rights and jurisdiction through raisingawareness and creating high consensus among cadres, Party members and peopleacross the country, and calling for support of people worldwide for Vietnam's legitimaterights and interests, Hang said.
Forhis part, Nguyen Van Hay, Office Chief ofthe Central Steering Committee forExternal Information Service said the external information work is an important taskof the Party's ideological, communication and foreign affairs.
Inthe coming time, the external information work should be renewed in terms ofobjectives, mottos, objects and corresponding tasks, he stressed. /.
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