Speaking at the 30^th Diplomatic Conference on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said the diplomatic sector has helped mobilized local and foreign resources for economic restructuring and continuous growth, especially in foreign economic promotion. He added: “Facilitating diplomacy should be active and creative to seek for solutions to achieve set targets and objectives in the remaining two years of office term, in particular, a 6.7% of growth rate and CPI below 4%.”

The Prime Minister said foreign affairs activities must foster peace, stability and development. He described the quality of talented diplomats as telling inspiring stories to international friends about Vietnam’s history and its passion for peace. Prime Minister Phuc said: “Our partners, namely Russia, India, South Korea and China, have due respect to Vietnam’s position in their strategies. Then how do we position ourselves in their strategies. The Foreign Ministry must look for creative and flexible way to improve national image as well as opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and development.”