Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh holds a working session with a delegation of interns from the German Foreign Ministry. Photo: VNA

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh held a working session with a delegation of interns from the German Foreign Ministry to discuss Vietnam's foreign policies on April 11, VietnamPlus reported.

It was the first time that interns from various universities in Germany had joined a discussion on Vietnam-Germany relationship, as well as several current international issues related to their fields of study at the Vietnamese Embassy.

They watched a video clip introducing Vietnam's foreign achievements and several diplomatic milestones in 2022, the Vietnam-Germany relationship, and Vietnam's foreign policies amid more unpredictable and complicated developments in the world than forecasted.

Minh briefed them on Vietnam's foreign policy, its stance on certain global and regional issues, and important missions of the diplomatic sector in the national development process, especially its significant role in promoting post-pandemic economic growth.

Reviewing outstanding achievements of economic diplomacy in 2022, Minh said keeping up with the world's trend of reopening, Vietnam has actively stepped up direct diplomatic activities bilaterally and multilaterally and deepened ties with countries and international organisations, thus demonstrating the policy of balancing and diversifying foreign relations.

The sector also quickly shifted its focus from "vaccine diplomacy" to "economic diplomacy" in service of national recovery and development. In accordance with a Directive of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and directions of the Government, it advised on the timing of reopening, helping to promptly attract investment flows, revive tourism, restore production, and propel economic growth leading the region, he added.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh (fourth from right), officials from the Vietnamese Embassy and interns from the German Foreign Ministry in a group photo. Photo: VNA

Answering interns’ questions about Vietnam’s socio-economic development last year, Minh highlighted the country’s efforts to step up the implementation of free trade agreements, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and urge the European Union (EU) to remove the yellow card warning and realise the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

He affirmed that the direction towards new markets, green economy, digital economy and circular economy has helped the Vietnamese goods gain a foothold in many places, with a record export-import value of over $730 billion.

At the seventh Vietnam-German strategic dialogue which took place earlier this month in Berlin, the two sides approved the joint strategic action plan for the 2023 - 2025 period with orientations and cooperation activities in all fields including politics - security, economics, climate, energy, science - technology, culture and people-to-people exchanges, Nhan dan (People) newspaper said.

They agreed to increase the exchange of delegations, especially at the high level; maintain regular bilateral cooperation mechanisms; and promote collaboration in areas where the two countries have strengths and demand.

They will also coordinate closely to bring into full play advantages of the EVFTA to facilitate the access of the two countries’ goods to each other’s market.

Germany said it is willing to support Vietnam in accessing capital, technology and human resources training within the framework of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to implement the nation's commitments announced at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) on reducing emissions to zero by 2050./.

At the seventh Vietnam-German strategic dialogue. Photo: VOV

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