Communications campaign about President Ho Chi Minh to be promoted abroad
A conference was held in Hanoi on October 5 to review the three-year implementation of a conclusion issued by the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on the continued promotion of communications about President Ho Chi Minh to the international community.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, who is also Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, speaks at the conference in Hanoi on October 5. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A conferencewas held in Hanoi on October 6 to review the three-year implementation of a conclusionissued by the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on the continued promotionof communications about President Ho Chi Minh to the international community.
The event, organised by the Ministryof Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, wasattended by representatives of ministries, sectors, and localities andconnected with 45 heads of Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies viavideoconferencing.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc,who is also Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, said thatover three years ago, as the body responsible for coordinating with relevantministries, sectors and localities to carry out the plan on honouring PresidentHo Chi Minh, a national liberation hero and a great man of culture,abroad, the MoFA reviewed the 10-year implementation of this plan and put forthproposals to continue organising activities to honour the great leader abroadmore effectively.
Basing on the review, on August 19,2020, the Secretariat issued Conclusion No. 85-KL/TW on the continued promotionof communications about and honouring of President Ho Chi Minh to theinternational community.
Conclusion No. 85-KL/TW has become a lodestar for the introduction of PresidentHo’s life, career, ideology, morality, and style to the internationalcommunity, he noted.
The conclusion implementation overthe last three years have helped international friends gain a betterunderstanding of the leader’s greatness, ideology, and dedication to the nationalliberation and the struggle for peace, development, and progress in Vietnam andthe world. It has also helped enhance patriotism among overseas Vietnamese,especially the young, Ngoc said.
At the meeting, participants suggested some measures for strongly reforming thecontent and methods of communications.
Deputy Minister Ngoc held that aschanges in the international and regional situations will generate bothopportunities and challenges for Vietnam in the coming time, ministries,sectors, and localities should keep actively introducing and honouringPresident Ho’s wisdom, virtues, and ideals abroad, thereby helping intensifyVietnam’s multifaceted relations with other nations, promote the country’sstature and prestige, and strengthen the patriotism and solidarity among overseasVietnamese people./.
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NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
Deputy PM Le Thanh Long proposed countries promote shared values, including building trust, sincerity, and solidarity among nations and peoples; fostering cooperation spirit and responsible behaviour as well as upholding international law and the UN Charter; and placing people at the centre and as the goal, the key player, and the driving force of all policies.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, who is also Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, speaks at the conference in Hanoi on October 5. (Photo: VNA) 
