(HBO) - A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs, led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Tuan Phong, held a working session on November 7 with the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board of Hoa Binh province.
Nguyen Tuan Phong, Vice Chairman of
the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs, speaks at the
session.
As heard at the function, the
local authorities have worked to step up the communications work; implement the
province’s plan for external information to promote its images to international
friends; and maintain good relations with foreign localities and seriously
implement international commitments and agreements.
Regarding people-to-people
diplomacy, Hoa Binh has prioritised boosting relations with foreign
organisations and people, and improved the quality of cooperation with
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) while taking the most of support from
international friends and local residents overseas to strengthen the province’s
overall development.
Provincial leaders have actively
taken part in international events and paid attention to investment attraction.
Coordination with relevant agencies for external affairs has been also
improved.
At the session, Hoa Binh
officials expressed their wish to receive further support to obtain more
ODA-funded projects, better carry out cooperation pacts it signed with
international partners, and contact with NGOs in Vietnam.
The province also requested the
Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs to join central
high-ranking delegations in their trips to foreign countries to organise
investment promotion activties.
Speaking at the event, Phong
praised Hoa Binh’s current growth, saying he believed in its future
development.
Acknowledging the province’s
proposals, he said the commission will continue assisting Hoa Binh in its
external affairs in the coming time./.
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The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.