At the working session. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI – The Permanent Mission of Việt Nam to the United Nations and other agencies in New York will continue assisting Vietnamese localities to enhance relations with US-based partners, a diplomat has said.

As part of a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US, Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the UN had a meeting with a delegation of the Party Committees of six provinces, namely Gia Lai, Hà Nam, Hà Tĩnh, Hòa Bình, Thừa Thiên - Huế, and Yên Bái, on April 22.

Leading the delegation, Hoàng Trung Dũng, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hà Tĩnh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, congratulated the Permanent Mission on its achievements in implementing tasks on external affairs, which have helped protect Việt Nam’s interests and promote the country’s stature and role in the world.

He emphasised the necessity of international cooperation and attraction of external financial and technological resources for socio-economic development in domestic localities.

The official called on the mission and other representative bodies of Việt Nam in New York to continue helping the six provinces connect with reputable and suitable partners to step up trade and attract more investment to the fields matching the provinces’ interest and the US’s strength.

Minister Counsellor Nguyễn Hoàng Nguyên, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission to the UN, stressed that aside from the focus on multilateral diplomacy at the UN, the mission and other representative bodies also attach great importance to the coordination with and support for domestic localities as seen in various activities held in the four pillars of political diplomacy, economic diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, and consular affairs - citizen protection.

In the time ahead, the mission and other representative bodies in New York will continue supporting the six provinces to strengthen ties with partners in the US on the basis of their demand, he added.

Also on April 22, the provinces’ delegation visited and had working sessions at the UN headquarters and the New York Stock Exchange. VNS