Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, delivered a speech at the Congress.

The political report and the speeches at the Congress unanimously agreed that over the past 5 years, the Party Committee of the Foreign Affairs Department has always been proactive, creative, united, and successfully implemented the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the 25th Congress for the 2020-2025 term. International integration (II) and defense diplomacy (DND) have been implemented synchronously and comprehensively, achieving many important results, contributing to enhancing the prestige and position of the Army and the country in the international arena, actively contributing to the cause of national construction and defense.

Major General Vu Thanh Van, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, presented the Political Report at the Congress.

Specifically, the quality of research and advisory work has been significantly improved. Timely proposals to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to advise the Party, State and Army on how to respond to sensitive international and regional issues and on diplomatic relations with other countries. Advising on promoting practical and effective bilateral defense cooperation with other countries, especially neighboring countries and important partners; harmoniously and balancedly handling relations between countries, contributing to strengthening trust and maintaining friendly relations with other countries; maintaining a peaceful environment for national development, firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity; strengthening defense potential, building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and gradually modernized army.

Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan presented flowers to congratulate the Congress.
Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan with delegates attending the Congress.

Along with that, multilateral defense work has been actively, proactively and effectively implemented, contributing to strengthening solidarity with other countries, handling relations and disagreements, and contributing to maintaining peace and stability in the region.

Congress scene.
Delegates attending the Congress.

Identifying the increasingly high political requirements of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Congress agreed to set out the directions, goals, tasks and leadership solutions for the 2025-2030 term, focusing on breakthroughs: Doing a good job of protecting internal politics, ensuring absolute political safety for the unit; improving the quality of building a disciplined system, promoting the application of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in the unit's operations...

Delegates vote to elect the Party Executive Committee for the 2025-2030 term.

As the leading agency in international relations and defense cooperation, the Department of Foreign Affairs determines the goal of implementing international relations and defense cooperation synchronously and comprehensively in both bilateral and multilateral terms, contributing to maintaining the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, mobilizing external resources to build the Army, strengthening national defense strength, and enhancing the position of the country and the Army in the international arena.

Improve the quality and effectiveness of international cooperation and national defense work according to the motto "active, proactive, confident, flexible, effective". Build the Foreign Affairs Department as a unit with a professional, disciplined, comprehensively strong working style "Exemplary, typical", always one of the leading units in the emulation movement.

Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan presented flowers to congratulate the Party Executive Committee for the 2025-2030 term.

In particular, providing accurate and effective advice to the Party and State on policies and strategies related to international integration and defense; performing well as a leading agency, proactively proposing initiatives at multilateral, regional and international forums; and successfully organizing defense and military activities during Vietnam's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2029.

In his speech, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan acknowledged and praised the achievements and results of the Party Committee of the Foreign Affairs Department in the past term. The documents submitted to the Congress promoted democracy, demonstrated collective intelligence, will, solidarity and unity within the Party Committee; promoted the spirit of self-criticism and criticism, correctly assessed the advantages, disadvantages and causes, associated with the responsibility of the collective and individuals, and drew lessons to improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party Committee in the coming term.

According to Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, the tasks of the Foreign Affairs Department in the coming time will have both advantages and difficulties, opportunities and challenges, requiring the efforts, solidarity and high unity of the entire Party Committee. In order to lead the agency to successfully and excellently complete its tasks in the 2025-2030 term, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan requested the agency to continue to carry out international relations and defense cooperation work according to the motto "active, proactive, confident, flexible, effective" and the foreign policy defined in the Party's Resolution. Raising the correct awareness of defense cooperation and international relations in national defense is one of the ways to protect the Fatherland early, from afar, by peaceful means.

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