The following is the entire speech by Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam, as he addressed the first-ever National Foreign Relations Conference for the Implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress held in Hà Nội on December 14, 2021.

The first extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly, which is to open on January 4 and close on January 11, aims to decide on timely fiscal and monetary policies for the implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme and remove legal obstacles for development, heard a press conference in Hà Nội on Thursday.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix highly values Việt Nam’s cooperation with UN in peacekeeping activities since the country joined the operations in 2014

Việt Nam's engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has achieved many positive results, and at the same time opened up many new directions of deployment. Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations Mạc Đức Trọng spoke to Vietnam News Agency about these achievements.

Joining hands with the international community today is a new Việt Nam that is confident and willing to shoulder international responsibilities for peace and sustainable development, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said in a message on the occasion of the country’s successful completion of its tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020-2021.

Việt Nam and Laos held an online meeting to review the pilot implementation of the one-stop-shop inspection model at the Lao Bảo (Quảng Trị) – Dansavan (Savannakhet) border gate pair on Wednesday.

The 31st annual meeting between the border delegations of Việt Nam and Laos took place in Hà Nội on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Minh Vũ and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.

Việt Nam has excellently completed its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-21 tenure, achieving all set goals for the tenure amidst complicated and unpredictable socio-economic, political, and security developments as well as unprecedented challenges.