Continue to innovate and improve the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy activities

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of November 15, the Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations organized a discussion program with the theme "Continuing to innovate and improve the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy activities", in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the tradition of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (November 17, 1950 - November 17, 2015).

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and Chairman of the Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations chaired the discussion.

Scene of the seminar.

Vietnam's people's diplomacy is a unique creation of the Party and Uncle Ho, an important factor throughout the Vietnamese revolutionary process to implement the strategic idea of ​​"Combining national strength with the strength of the times". The close coordination between people's diplomacy and the Party's foreign affairs and State diplomacy creates the combined strength of the foreign affairs front.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations is an independent socio-political organization, specializing in people's diplomacy, operating in the fields of peace, solidarity, friendship and people's aid mobilization, acting as a focal point for foreign non-governmental work, supporting the Party's foreign affairs and State diplomacy.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council affirmed the great role of people's diplomacy in the cause of national construction and defense.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the seminar, comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and Chairman of the Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations affirmed the role of people's diplomacy in establishing a mass foundation for relations between Vietnam and other countries and peoples in the world.

Over 65 years of formation and development, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and generations of people's foreign affairs workers, including Nghe An province, have contributed to the glorious victories of the Vietnamese revolution, building a united world people's front, supporting the Vietnamese people during the period of national liberation struggle, acting as a bridge and breakthrough in breaking the embargo and normalizing relations with major countries after the war, promoting the expansion and diversification of partnerships during the period of opening up and international integration.

He also emphasized that the seminar was an opportunity for delegates to continue to think about innovative methods and improve people's foreign affairs in the context of increasingly deep integration, successfully implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress.

Mr. Doan Van Nam - Permanent Vice President of Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations presented 4 main directions to innovate and improve the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy activities.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee and Vice President of Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations contributed a speech on the topic "People's diplomacy paves the way for Nghe An's foreign economic development".

Innovation and improvement of the effectiveness of people's foreign affairs activities in the Fatherland Front at all levels of Nghe An is the content of the presentation by comrade Lo Thi Kim Ngan - Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

The delegates, who have been directly involved in people's diplomacy in recent times, brought to the seminar many practical presentations reflecting the role and position of people's diplomacy in many fields such as: foreign economic development, improving the quality of international training, coordinating with State diplomacy, expanding relations with foreign partners, border protection, etc., thereby sharing experiences and discussing specific directions to continue to innovate and improve the effectiveness of people's diplomacy activities in the coming time.

Thu Giang