Vietnamese ambassadors have highlighted key priorities and a completely new strategic mindset to help the country's foreign affairs adapt effectively to a rapidly changing world and better serve the nation's sustainable development goals.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has called on Viet Nam's overseas representative agencies to place diplomacy serving national development at the centre of their work, stressing that external relations must be translated into tangible resources to advance the country's growth and strategic development goals.

On the morning of July 9, in Ha Noi, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam received Karl Van Den Bossche, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Viet Nam; Hilde Solbakken, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Viet Nam; Kees van Baar, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Viet Nam; and Marco Farani, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Viet Nam, who paid farewell visits upon the completion of their diplomatic terms.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 31 received the ambassadors of Indonesia and Singapore, who paid farewell visits at the end of their tenures in Viet Nam.

State President Luong Cuong hosted separate receptions in Ha Noi on June 26 for the outgoing Canadian and Iranian ambassadors to Viet Nam.

State President Luong Cuong on June 9 told EU representatives his support for the bloc’s cooperation with Viet Nam in green and digital transition, sustainable development, science-technology, renewable energy, and infrastructure.

Based on the fine traditional relationship in the past, this is the right time to bring Vietnam's relations with Arab countries to a new height and in a more substantial and extensive manner, said Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Vietnam Mohammed Ismaeil A. Dahlwy on March 13.