Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved Vietnam’s strategy for cultural diplomacy until 2020 to promote the international community’s understanding of Vietnam’s country, people, and culture.

 The strategy aims to win the trust of other nations in the world, develop and strengthen Vietnam’s relations with other countries on a stable and sustainable basis and raise its position in the international arena. Through its cultural diplomacy, Vietnam will absorb the cultural quintessence of humankind to diversify its own cultural values.

 The combination and interaction of cultural, economic, and political diplomacy - three pillars of a comprehensive diplomacy - will promote the implementation of the Party’s foreign policy.

 PM Dung said the Ministries of Foreign Affairs; Culture, Sports, and Tourism; Education and Training; Finance; Home Affairs, and Information and Communications should co-ordinate efforts to carry out the decision effectively.

(VOV)