In 2021, despite the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, our Permanent Mission has proactively promoted multilateral diplomacy with several important milestones.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed obstacles to all aspects of social life and local diplomacy is no exception. Ambassador Tran Thanh Huan (Director General of the Department of Local Diplomacy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs) talked about the transformation in coping with the new development to ensure an efficient completion of the task.
Since the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, Viet Nam’s diplomacy has basically had 3 development periods which differentiate in length and methods but all share the same process of multilateralization and diversification.
The image of Viet Nam’s flag against the sky at the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions as well as the participation of Vietnamese servicemen in peacekeeping activities are important contributions to its international integration in defense, thereby realizing the Party and State’s policy on protecting the Fatherland from afar.
ASEAN has an extremely important geopolitical position, as a direct security belt for Viet Nam. Therefore, ASEAN is always considered as a top priority in Viet Nam's foreign policy.
Viet Nam has been strictly and fully implementing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) third cycle recommendations, thus making substantial progress in promoting and ensuring human rights, especially in the fields of labor, society and gender equality.
According to Mrs. Diana Torres, Assistant Resident Representative & Head of Governance and Participation at United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Viet Nam, Viet Nam has made remarkable progress in ensuring human rights and is expected to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term 2023-2025.
In the third quarter, under the rotating presidency of France, India and Ireland, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held 82 meetings at Ambassador level and beyond on rising issues and discussed a wide range of topics.
According to Maj. Gen. Le Van Cuong, former Director of Institute of Strategic Studies at the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, in the context of regional and global complexity and unpredictability, diplomacy will take the lead in early detecting risks and challenges.
Just three days after talking by phone with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on May 28, 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a letter affirming Australia's commitment to vaccine support for Viet Nam by the end of this year or early next year.
The diplomatic relations between Romania and Viet Nam were established more than 70 years ago, on the 3rd of February 1950. This long-lasting relationship between the two countries is the vivid expression of a time-tested partnership.
