Vietnamese localities’ ties with US-based partners to be further enhanced
The Permanent Mission of Vietnam 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.
The meeting between the delegation of Vietnamese provinces and Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – The Permanent Mission of Vietnam tothe United Nations and other agencies in New York will continue assistingVietnamese localities to enhance relations with US-based partners, a diplomathas said.
As part of a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities inthe US, Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN had a meeting with a delegationof the Party Committees of six provinces, namely Gia Lai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, HoaBinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Yen Bai, on April 22.
Leading the delegation, Hoang Trung Dung, member of the PartyCentral Committee, Secretary of the Ha Tinh Party Committee and Chairman of theprovincial People’s Council, congratulated the Permanent Mission on itsachievements in implementing tasks on external affairs, which have helped protectVietnam’s interests and promote the country’s stature and role in the world.
He emphasised the necessity of international cooperation andattraction of external financial and technological resources for socio-economicdevelopment in domestic localities.
The official called on the mission and other representative bodiesof Vietnam in New York to continue helping the six provinces connect withreputable and suitable partners to step up trade and attract more investment tothe fields matching the provinces’ interest and the US’s strength.
MinisterCounsellor Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Missionto the UN, stressed that aside from the focus on multilateral diplomacy at theUN, the mission and other representative bodies also attach great importance tothe coordination with and support for domestic localities as seen in variousactivities 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 representativebodies in New York will continue supporting the six provinces tostrengthen ties with partners in the US on the basis of their demand, he added.
Also on April 22, the provinces’ delegation visited and hadworking sessions at the UN headquarters and the New York Stock Exchange./.
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The meeting between the delegation of Vietnamese provinces and Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA) 
