Foreign relations would continue to play a part in maintaining a
peaceful and stable environment for national development in 2013, says Vietnam
Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
In his New Year interview with
Vietnam News Agency, Minh said that external activities would focus on
developing relations between Vietnam and its partners in a broader and more
effective manner and accelerate the building of the Asean community.
Vietnam would actively
participate in regional and international forums to deal with global
challenges, he noted.
The minister stressed that by
firmly protecting national security and territorial sovereignty and building
peaceful and stable borders with neighbouring countries, the country would
contribute to maintaining peace, stability, maritime freedom, security and
safety in the region.
"We will also promote
economic and cultural diplomacy, overseas Vietnamese affairs and the protection
of citizens, as well as drastically improve foreign news services," he
added.
According to Minh, the Vietnamese
Party and State's 2012 external activities were implemented effectively, taking
advantage of favourable international conditions for socio-economic
development, maintaining national security, defending independence, sovereignty
and territorial integrity and improving the country's role in the region and
the world.
Vietnam's relations with other
countries, especially priority partners and traditional friends, were deepened,
he said, and 2012 marked the success of both the Vietnam -Laos Friendship and
Solidarity Year and the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Year.
The first Vietnam - Latin America
Trade and Investment Forum was successfully organised in the country, creating
momentum for cooperation between Vietnam and the region, Minh said.
The minister hailed Vietnam's
proactive international integration in both policymaking and implementation.
He highlighted the active
implementation of land border management agreements with China as well as the
upgrading of border markers with Laos and border demarcation and marker
planting with Cambodia.
Regarding the East Sea dispute,
"we relied on a mix of cooperative and defensive measures to resolutely
protect the country's sea and island sovereignty," he said.
Minh went on to say that external
economic activities helped the country's economic-trade-investment relations with
partners and attracted external resources to develop the national economy.
Diplomats fulfilled their task as
advisors to the Government in managing and stabilising the macro economy, he
said.
External economic activities
targeted new markets in Latin America and Africa as well as traditional markets
in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Germany, China and Japan, he added.
The minister stated that
Vietnamese diplomats actively took part in multilateral and bilateral
negotiations for free trade agreements (FTAs) with partners that included the
EU and RoK.
"To date, 36 countries have
recognised Vietnam as a market economy," he said.
According to Minh, many cultural
achievements were recorded in 2012, including UNESCO's recognition of the
worship of Hung Kings as an intangible cultural heritage of humankind.
The second conference for
Overseas Vietnamese in September was also a success. In a trip to Truong Sa,
overseas Vietnamese learned about the Party and State's policies and
determination to defend the sea and islands.
2013 is an important transitional
year in the 2011-2015 Socio-economic Development Plan. The diplomatic sector
would coordinate with other ministries, agencies and localities to accelerate
international integration as outlined in the 11th National Party Congress, Minh
said.
"With diplomatic efforts and
close coordination with other agencies and localities, we will successfully
maintain a peaceful and stable environment, creating favourable conditions for
national construction and defence," he concluded.
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