Argentinean journal highlights values of Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy
Argentina’s Equilibrium Global news website has run a story highlighting the unique values of Vietnam’s “Bamboo diplomacy” and the rising role of the Southeast Asian country in the world arena.
Argentina’s Equilibrium Global news website runs a story highlighting the unique values of Vietnam’s “Bamboo diplomacy”. (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA) – Argentina’s EquilibriumGlobal news website has run a story highlighting the unique values of Vietnam’s“Bamboo diplomacy” and the rising role of the Southeast Asian country in theworld arena.
The article noted that throughout the Vietnamese history,foreign affairs have played an extremely important role, not only contributingto protecting the country's independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, butalso helping to promote its national construction and development.
It said that at the National Conference on ForeignAffairs held in Hanoi on December 14, 2021, General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong emphasised the determination to build anddevelop a modern Vietnamese diplomacy imbued with strong national identity –the “Vietnamese bamboo diplomacy”.
Vietnam’s external policy aims to ensure a peaceful andstable environment, taking advantage of favourable international factors forthe national reform, protecting and enhancing the country’s position.
The journal commented that the “Bamboo diplomacy” of Vietnam shows the strategicbalance in relations with world powers and the world based on the core principleof ensuring the national interest, independence and self-reliance in externalrelations, which have been deeply ingrained in President Ho Chi Minh's diplomaticideology.
The article on Argentina’s Equilibrium Global news website. (Photo: VNA)
The article underlined that Vietnam has been elected to many internationalorganisations and performed the role of Vice President of the UN GeneralAssembly’s 77th session, a member of the UN Human Rights Council inthe 2023-2025 tenure and the International Law Commission in the 2023-2027tenure.
Vietnam’s engagement in meetings of many UN agencies havefully demonstrated the country's increasingly active position, role andcontributions in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy and promoting internationalcooperation on the global scale. This is a vivid demonstration of achievements ofthe “Bamboo diplomacy,” it said.
The article added that the “Bamboo diplomacy” has elevated Vietnam's role inthe international arena, helping the country maintain relations withworld powers while ensuring national interests.
It affirmed that by applying the “Bamboo diplomacy,” Vietnamhas affirmed that it is a trustworthy partner and an active and responsiblemember in the international and regional integration process./.
Vietnam has recorded many encouraging results amid complex and unexpected developments in the world situation in 2023. Many experts and international organisations perceived that the country remains a bright spot in the global panorama.
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Argentina’s Equilibrium Global news website runs a story highlighting the unique values of Vietnam’s “Bamboo diplomacy”. (Photo: VNA) 
The article on Argentina’s Equilibrium Global news website. (Photo: VNA) 
