Nguyen Thi Thu Giang - Director General of the Europe Department, Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations

In a world marked by volatility, people-to-people diplomacy serves as a bridge that nurtures mutual understanding and trust among nations, providing a durable foundation for friendship and cooperation. From contributing to peace and stability to unlocking external resources, the people-to-people channel has increasingly demonstrated its capacity to mobilize knowledge, technology, finance, and international experience for development. Through exchanges and cooperation among peoples, Viet Nam not only gains access to advanced models but also strengthens bilateral and multilateral cooperation programs in education, health, science and technology, environment, and innovation, thereby transforming goodwill and friendship into actionable capacity.