President Truong Tan Sang has urged the diplomatic sector to exert
further efforts to promote a peaceful environment for development,
contributing to protecting sovereignty and dealing with challenges
facing national security.
During a ceremony held in Hanoi
on April 2 to hand over ambassadorial appointment decisions to 35
diplomats, Sang said the sector should promote its role as the top
important force in implementing the country’s policy of comprehensive
international integration.
It should takes the lead in
courting external resources to serve the country’s economic
restructuring, industrialisation and modernisation process and raises
Vietnam’s international position, he affirmed.
The
President congratulated the 35 ambassadors and said this is the Party
and State’s recognition of their contributions to external affairs as
well as national defence and development.-VNA