The Steering Committee is established by the Secretariat and is responsible to the Secretariat for directing, coordinating, guiding, urging, inspecting, supervising, summarizing and concluding foreign information work.

The Steering Committee is under the direct leadership and direction of the Secretariat and operates according to the principle of democratic centralism. The Steering Committee is responsible for advising and proposing to the Secretariat to decide on policies, tasks, and solutions for foreign information activities in each period; directing, orienting, urging, inspecting, supervising, summarizing, and concluding the implementation of foreign information tasks annually.

In addition, the Steering Committee is responsible for developing a coordination mechanism and providing information on foreign information activities of Party, State agencies and people's organizations; researching and exchanging international experiences in the field of foreign information. At the same time, it presides over, coordinates training, guides and organizes training and fostering of foreign information workers to improve the quality of task performance.

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President Luong Cuong and French President Macron with two Vietnamese and French veterans. Photo: VNA

The regulation also clearly states that the Steering Committee has the right to request and guide agencies, units, provincial and municipal Party Committees, and Party Committees directly under the Central Committee to perform foreign information tasks; report on leadership and direction work and the situation and results of performing foreign information tasks...

Regarding the working regime, the Steering Committee sets out the orientation for implementing foreign information work for each year. On that basis, the member agencies of the Steering Committee develop specific plans and programs for foreign information activities in accordance with their assigned functions, tasks and powers.

The Standing Committee of the Steering Committee meets every three months. The conclusions of the meetings of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee are notified in writing to the members of the Steering Committee for implementation.

Based on requirements and tasks, the Head of the Committee decides to convene extraordinary meetings of the Steering Committee and the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee. The Standing Committee of the Steering Committee presides over the organization of an inter-sectoral working group to inspect and survey the implementation of foreign information tasks at agencies, units, localities, a number of press agencies and Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

Regarding the reporting regime, the regulation clearly states that every 6 months or when requested, the Steering Committee reports on its performance to the Politburo , the Secretariat and proposes directions for work in the following period.

Quarterly and upon request, member agencies of the Steering Committee shall report to the Steering Committee and the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee in writing on the implementation of external information work; promptly detect and report to the Head of the Steering Committee and the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee on important, complicated, and unexpected events and incidents that attract public attention to direct and orient external information.

Every 6 months, 1 year and when requested, provincial Party Committees, city Party Committees, Party Committees directly under the Central Committee; Steering Committees for external information work of provinces and cities; relevant agencies and organizations report to the Steering Committee on the situation and results of implementing external information tasks.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/bao-cao-bo-chinh-tri-ban-bi-thu-6-thang-mot-lan-ve-cong-tac-thong-tin-doi-ngoai-2428507.html