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Virtual external activities should be promoted amid COVID-19: Deputy PM

External activities should be held online more frequently in the context of COVID-19, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at a meeting of the inter-sectoral steering committee for international integration in politics-defense-security in Hanoi on July 8.
Virtual external activities should be promoted amid COVID-19: Deputy PM ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA) – External activities should be held online more frequently in thecontext of COVID-19, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham BinhMinh at a meeting of the inter-sectoral steering committee for internationalintegration in politics-defense-security in Hanoi on July 8.

He saidthe external information work has effectively popularised the image of a Vietnam successful in the fight against COVID-19 and with many bright prospects foreconomic recovery and development.

Theprotection of citizens has been strengthened in the new situation, he added.

Asthe international environment in the last six months of the year will developcomplicatedly, the official directed relevant ministries to continuecarrying out effectively international integration activities in politics,security and national defence, contributing to the maintenance of a peacefulenvironment and completion of the dual tasks of  preventing the pandemic and developing theeconomy.

Heasked relevant ministries to promote Vietnam’s achievements in the fightagainst COVID-19 and economic recovery, and the country’s role as the Chair ofthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and a non-permanentmember of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

TheDeputy Prime Minister ordered authorities and localities to resolutely and persistently struggle against activities that violate Vietnam's national sovereignty and undermine the administration in the pretext of democracy, human rights,religious issues.

He also requested the strengthening of the citizen protection work for overseas Vietnamesecommunities./.

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