Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee’s Commission for External Relations, chair the conference. (Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA) |
At Monday meeting to review the sector’s performance last year and set tasks for this year, Trung said external relations, including people-to-people diplomacy, must promote a peaceful, stable environment for development, enhance Vietnam's position in the international arena, and support a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, and multilateralization.