Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at a conference on economic diplomacy, April 2, 2024. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

The PM emphasized the need for breakthroughs in economic diplomacy this year guided by the spirit of renewed mindset, creative strategy, unanimous awareness and unified actions.

He outlined major orientations for economic diplomacy in the time ahead, one of which is to well prepare for external activities of both high-ranking officials and all-level exchanges and clearly define specific plans, projects and products with each partner.

Ministries, sectors, localities, businesses and representative agencies should work together to renew growth drivers while promoting new ones such as digital economic, green economy, circular economy, sharing economy and knowledge-based economy, as well as new breakthrough fields like hi-tech, innovation, semi-conductor, hydrogen and AI.

The PM requested efforts to optimize potential of newly-upgraded frameworks and relations and signed FTAs, as well as the resources of more than 6 million Vietnamese overseas.