The Fatherland Front and people's foreign affairs

In the context of increasingly deep international integration, the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Quang Ninh province has been paying great attention to implementing people's foreign affairs in accordance with the viewpoints, guidelines and foreign policies of the Party and State. In recent years, this activity has continued to have innovations, contributing practically to the development tasks of the province, strengthening friendship and cooperation between the people of Quang Ninh and other ethnic groups and countries.

Leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Party Secretaries of four provinces: Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang (now Tuyen Quang) and the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam, Party Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) participated in planting friendship trees at Ha Long Flower Park, February 2025.

Quang Ninh province borders China with a border stretching hundreds of kilometers both on land and at sea. Therefore, in recent years, the province has always focused on implementing many people's foreign affairs activities with the spirit of building a peaceful , stable, friendly, cooperative and developed border. Specifically, every year, the Vietnam Fatherland Front proactively follows up to fully implement the contents of the cooperation agreement between the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Chinese National Political Consultative Conference; the contents signed between the four provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang (now Tuyen Quang) with the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). In particular, the focus of the Front's work is to participate in propagating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on people's foreign affairs, and work with overseas Vietnamese. At the same time, through the grassroots Front cadres, regularly coordinate and mobilize people to participate in building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative border for mutual development, associated with maintaining sovereignty over seas and islands, national security and territorial integrity of the country.

Localities in the province bordering China annually maintain the organization of many rich and diverse activities on the occasion of the two countries' major holidays. The most frequent of these is the organization of delegations to visit each other; coordination in organizing cultural exchange events, boat racing festivals and antiphonal singing on the border river... The good traditional cooperative relationship between residents on both sides of the border between Quang Ninh and Chinese localities is increasingly fostered. Many residents on both sides of the border have family and kinship relationships, so even the villages, hamlets and communes bordering the border also maintain exchange activities, visit and congratulate each other on important events. Currently, Quang Ninh is maintaining and effectively organizing the movement of twinning residential clusters on both sides of the land border, including 11 pairs of hamlets and clusters of hamlets of Quang Ninh province twinned with 7 hamlets and villages of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). This connection has contributed to creating favorable conditions for effective coordination in implementing border treaties and agreements, cooperation in the fields of trade, tourism and maintaining security and order...

International delegation visited Ha Long Bay during a working trip to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam September 2 (1945 - 2025).

In April 2025, the delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Quang Ninh actively participated in activities within the framework of the third friendly exchange program between the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which took place in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). This exchange forum has become a valuable opportunity to evaluate the results of friendly cooperation, share experiences in promoting the strength of the entire people, and gather and rally social forces to develop the locality and the country. At the same time, it is a premise to continue organizing the friendly exchange program in the following years.

Along with border activities, the Provincial Fatherland Front also focuses on expanding channels of exchange and people-to-people cooperation with many other organizations, countries and territories such as Japan, Korea, Laos, Cambodia, the United States, France... Especially the mark in effectively implementing the signed cooperation agreements with similar organizations of other countries. Including: Memorandum of Understanding on establishing friendly exchange relations between the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations of Quang Ninh province with the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China); Memorandum of Understanding between Quang Ninh province and the two provinces of Luang Prabang and Xay Nha Bu Ly (Laos). At the same time, it is necessary to mention the work of foreign non-governmental aid, international humanitarian support and relief activities. For example, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cuba (1960-2025), the Provincial Fatherland Front launched socialization, receiving a total amount of over 5.4 billion VND to support the Cuban people.

Vietnam - China singing exchange program on Bac Luan border river, December 2024.

The Fatherland Front Committees at all levels in the province and its member organizations have coordinated well in grasping the situation of Quang Ninh people abroad; organizing meetings and encouraging Quang Ninh people abroad to return home on the occasion of the Lunar New Year every year. The official information channel created by the Fatherland Front has contributed to conveying the Party and State's guidelines, policies and guidelines on work with overseas Vietnamese; introducing the potentials, advantages, information on the socio-economic development situation, investment attraction policies of Vietnam and Quang Ninh province to the Quang Ninh community abroad and international friends.

In early September, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee coordinated to solemnly welcome an international delegation from 20 countries and territories, representing people's organizations, friendship organizations, non-governmental organizations, friends and traditional partners of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations. This was a special working trip on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In Quang Ninh, the delegation was very impressed with the potential and socio-economic strengths of Quang Ninh, especially Ha Long Bay - a World Natural Heritage and the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac complex, which has just been recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

As a political and social organization specializing in people's foreign affairs, the Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations currently has members such as Vietnam's friendship associations with Cambodia, Russia, China, France, Sweden, Poland, etc. In recent times, the Union has made continuous efforts to build the organization, promote its role as a focal point in people's foreign affairs in the province to promote peace, cooperation and friendship activities with people of other countries. Member friendship associations have also proactively promoted information work, foreign propaganda, people-to-people exchange activities, closely coordinated with organizations, units and localities to effectively implement the proposed work contents, contributing to strengthening the friendly relations between the people of the province and the people of countries with cooperative relations.

With the efforts of the Provincial Fatherland Front and its member organizations, Quang Ninh's people's foreign affairs have been effective, contributing to expanding friendly cooperation with other countries and non-governmental organizations, actively serving the innovation and development of the province.

TOWARDS THE 13TH CONGRESS OF THE VIETNAM FATHERLAND FRONT OF QUANG NINH PROVINCE, TERM 2025-2030

Mr. Hoang Minh Dong, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Mong Cai 1 Ward:

Foreign affairs and people-to-people diplomacy play an extremely important role and bring about great results in many fields. Especially helping people of other countries understand more correctly and fully about the country, people, and policies of Vietnam, thereby enhancing mutual trust; at the same time creating a bridge for economic, trade, investment, and tourism cooperation activities between people, businesses, and localities of Vietnam with foreign partners. That is an important factor contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc, connecting the overseas Vietnamese community with the homeland and the country, and at the same time promoting their role in foreign affairs.

With the characteristics of a border locality, Mong Cai 1 ward hopes that foreign affairs and diplomacy activities will not only be carried out at the State level, but also be close to people's lives, contributing to strengthening friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding with foreign localities and communities. We hope that cultural, trade and tourism exchange activities will be promoted, bringing practical benefits to local people, while promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam in a friendly, genuine and effective way; having more favorable policies on travel, entry and exit, creating conditions for people to exchange, learn, and participate in international cultural - economic - tourism activities in a convenient, safe and practical way.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Head of the Front Working Committee of Le Chan village, Quang Ha commune:

Building a new countryside is a long-term task, with a starting point but no end point, requiring the correct implementation of the process, democracy, publicity and transparency. The role of the Fatherland Front is to participate in promoting propaganda and mobilization so that people understand the purpose, meaning and great benefits of the program for innovation and development. From there, they have a correct awareness of their responsibilities, obligations and rights to contribute to building a new countryside in the locality.

In the coming term, I believe it is necessary to innovate the forms of propaganda organization; strengthen the application of information technology, carry out digital transformation to deploy activities, creating a widespread influence to all classes of people. Thereby, constantly thoroughly grasp the viewpoint with the motto of consistently implementing "People know, people discuss, people do, people inspect and supervise, and people benefit" associated with a variety of emulation movements; promote socialization, mobilize resources from people and the community. Along with that, it is necessary to focus on organizing preliminary and final summaries, drawing experiences associated with timely commendation, reward, and encouragement of typical advanced examples in the implementation process, creating a widespread influence in the community.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Cap, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Viet Hung Ward:

I hope that in the new term, the Front system from the province to the grassroots will focus on substantially and effectively innovating the content and methods of operation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, focusing on residential areas; strongly promoting the role and responsibility of member organizations; building a team of Front cadres with sufficient capacity, qualities, creativity, enthusiasm, courage, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility, daring to face difficulties and challenges, good at mass mobilization and having the desire to contribute. Well perform the core political role and responsibility of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations; improve the quality of collecting people's opinions and recommendations to promptly reflect to Party and State agencies; Monitor, urge, and supervise the results of handling and resolving opinions and recommendations, responding to urgent requests and legitimate interests of the people... Hopefully, the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Quang Ninh province , term 2025-2030 , will propose key solutions and tasks that are close to reality, receiving consensus and support from all walks of life.

Hoang Giang

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