President meets with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus

The President appreciated the active contributions of the Vietnamese community in Belarus to developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

During his visit to the Republic of Belarus, on the evening of June 26 local time, in the capital Minsk, the Republic of Belarus, President Tran Dai Quang met and talked with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus and representatives of the community and overseas students in Belarus.

President Tran Dai Quang speaks at a meeting with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus.

In a warm and cozy atmosphere, President Tran Dai Quang listened to Ambassador Le Anh and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Belarus report on the work of the Embassy and the activities of Vietnamese people in Belarus. Although living far away from the Fatherland, the people always turn their hearts to their homeland and are happy about the country's development.

The President was pleased to know that the Embassy staff always strive to fulfill their tasks well; and that Vietnamese people in Belarus have stable lives and make positive contributions to the host country.

After announcing some major features of the country's situation, the President stated that 2017 is considered a key year in implementing the 2016-2020 socio-economic development plan, the first year to implement major resolutions and policies approved by the National Assembly. The President emphasized that one of the foreign policy focuses in 2017 is Vietnam hosting APEC Year 2017 with about 200 different activities, including the APEC High-Level Week in Da Nang city. Therefore, the successful organization of APEC Year 2017 will contribute to enhancing Vietnam's international reputation.

The President said that the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus are developing very well. The President praised the efforts of the Ambassador and the Embassy staff, who, in the context of a very limited staff, have fulfilled their political tasks well, making positive contributions to the development of bilateral relations as well as doing a good job in protecting citizens and supporting the community.

President Tran Dai Quang said: “It can be said that one of the brightest highlights of the bright spots that we have achieved over the past years is the achievements on the foreign affairs front. We have now joined most of the important international organizations, and we have also become members, even members of the permanent agencies; there are organizations where we are the presidents and general directors.

This shows that our position in the international arena is increasingly enhanced. Achieving that achievement is partly due to the important and great contribution of our representative agencies abroad, including our Embassy in Belarus.

The President hopes that the Embassy will thoroughly grasp the foreign policy of our Party and State, update the domestic situation to deploy foreign affairs tasks in a timely and appropriate manner; overcome difficulties in human resources, monitor and assess the situation promptly, accurately and qualitatively to advise the Party and State on policies to develop relations as well as propose solutions to promote all-round cooperation with Belarus. At the same time, actively carry out economic diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and community support tasks.

President Tran Dai Quang presents gifts to the Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus

The President said that the priority task in the coming time is to coordinate and promote the effective implementation of the Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union Trade Agreement to enhance economic and trade cooperation, laying the foundation for further development of the two countries' relations.

The President highly appreciated the positive contributions of the Vietnamese community in Belarus to the development of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus. The President said that although the Vietnamese community is not large in number, each person, through practical actions, has contributed to promoting the country, culture and people of Vietnam, bringing the two peoples of Vietnam and Belarus closer together. The good news is that our community has established good relations with the local society.

President Tran Dai Quang said: “Belarus is also our second homeland, so we try to do business and develop to have a stable life and participate in building our homeland in the conditions that we can. I know that our people always turn to the homeland, even the fact that young children always try to learn so as not to forget Vietnamese is to remind us to always remember the homeland. I commend and appreciate the spirit of our people who are diligent, hard-working and integrate with the local government. I hope that our people will always promote that tradition.”

The President and his wife took photos with children of the Vietnamese community in Belarus.

The President affirmed that the consistent policy of our Party and State is to consider the Vietnamese community abroad, including Belarus, as an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation and an important resource for the country's development.

The President said that our Party and State always pay deep attention to our compatriots, demonstrated by issuing policies and regimes for overseas Vietnamese, creating conditions for the community to stabilize their lives, integrate into the local society while still maintaining and promoting national cultural identity, always looking towards the homeland and country.

The President hopes that the Executive Committee of the Vietnamese Association in Belarus will promote its leading role and coordinate with the Embassy to help our compatriots resolve difficulties in residence, business, and promote community building and connection to stabilize and integrate into the host society./.

According to VOV