Building a team of young, professional and modern diplomats

Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasized that diplomats must take national interests as the highest goal for all work. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

With the theme “Building a team of young, professional and modern diplomats”, the event organized by the Youth Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the form of face-to-face and online combination attracted the participation of many participants. of a large number of youth union members and young cadres at more than 100 bridge points in the country and at Vietnamese diplomatic missions around the world.

This is an important political event, held on the right occasion of Youth Month, continuing the fine tradition maintained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the periods, demonstrating the deep concern of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs leaders to with the career of training and fostering the successor team, promoting the role of the young generation, towards building a comprehensive and modern diplomacy, contributing to realizing the aspiration and development goals of the land water in the new period.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu, Assistant Ministers Le Thi Thu Hang and Do Hung Viet, Acting Director of the Diplomatic Academy Pham Lan Dung, leaders of units of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the Dialogue.

Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Party Central Committee Le Hai Binh and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Nguyen Pham Duy Trang were two special guests of the program.

Maintain political bravery

At the dialogue, young officials and youth union members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at home and abroad shared many thoughts, ambitions as well as initiatives and ideas in foreign affairs and construction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. .

Listening to the thoughts and wishes of young people, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son shared that the country was entering a stage of strategic development, setting great tasks for the diplomatic sector. In that context, the contribution of young cadres is extremely important to carry out the common tasks of the diplomatic service, firmly protect the national interests, serve the country, and serve the people.

In order to do that, young cadres need to show their motivation, love for their profession, promote study and research, improve their political skills, and aim to become professional diplomats. and modern.

Young cadres, young people who are taking their first steps in a diplomatic career, will inevitably face difficulties and challenges in work and life. Therefore, it is extremely important to be equipped with knowledge, political courage, and moral cultivation to be able to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.

Sharing on this issue, Minister Bui Thanh Son said that it is important for each diplomat to identify his ideals, ambitions, and keep his enthusiasm in his work so that he can firmly step on the way. final; “No enthusiasm, no motivation, obviously like a machine with no fuel, no energy to operate”.

Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that while youth are the backbone of the country, young diplomats are the core force of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, young diplomats need to always attach importance to bravery, practice, cultivate regularly, be consistent and smart in behavior.

In order to maintain political courage, the Minister advised young cadres to firmly maintain their stance, ideology, worldview, steps, and be steadfast in their behavior; need to be brave, committed, discover new problems, effective new directions. Equally important, each young cadre, with a pioneering spirit, must be ready to face difficulties, not afraid of difficulties or suffering.

The Minister said that in the face of complicated developments in the world as well as in the external environment, diplomats should have the spirit of “hardened steel”, constantly training and fostering political bravery.

Sharing with the Minister’s opinion, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Le Hai Binh emphasized, for young people, the first thing to do is to practice regularly; Secondly, it is necessary to have the opportunity to cultivate through political activities and dialogue activities as organized by the Youth Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and especially to create a healthy and favorable environment for develop.

The Minister emphasized that, as a diplomat, he must take the national interest as the highest goal for all his work, and try to do what’s best for the country and the people. The Minister reminded young people that having enthusiasm is an important factor, but keeping enthusiasm is even more important.

Each officer needs to develop plans with many small stages, corresponding to the small steps being the goal from small to large. One of the ways to complete that journey is to actively study and read books. These can range from books on Ho Chi Minh’s diplomatic thought, on the path to socialism, to books on in-depth research on the international situation.

Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasized that diplomats must take national interests as the highest goal for all work. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Ensure professionalism and modernity

In addition to solid political skills, diplomats need to be professional in working style and methods. Professionalism not only helps young cadres improve their work efficiency but also contributes to building the image of diplomats in the eyes of international friends.

Minister Bui Thanh Son said that training through schools and through the working process is essential, but training skills such as speaking, negotiating, etc. is equally important, because diplomacy is the main source of income. to restore humanity, is to promote relationships between people, between cultures, and between nations. To achieve the best goals for your country, it is important to understand the needs and desires of your partners, just like how President Ho Chi Minh skillfully used the “five tris” in foreign affairs, especially especially with big countries.

In addition, an indispensable factor for today’s young cadres is modernity, in which it is necessary to especially enhance the capacity for innovation and creativity, to propose new initiatives, ideas and methods to improve the quality of life. high work efficiency. Ten years from now, it is the young cadres who will be the mainstays of the Foreign Service. Therefore, the Minister affirmed that creativity and innovation are urgent needs in the current context, and at the same time set high expectations for the creativity of young cadres.

Deputy Minister Pham Quang Hieu, Head of the Committee for the Advancement of Young Diplomats, emphasized the spirit of self-study, constantly updating knowledge and training skills to become a professional, modern and adaptive diplomat. with the situation.

According to Minister Bui Thanh Son, young people must be proactive, not waiting for work assignments. Although the work has a lot of pressure and difficulties, it is not because of that that young people falter, each individual must find the motivation to overcome those challenges. “Pressure creates diamonds”, overcoming challenges is reaching for more development and perfection, turning challenges into opportunities to practice and strive.

On the occasion of attending the dialogue, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Nguyen Pham Duy Trang highly appreciated that the diplomatic sector has played an important role in enhancing the country’s position. Youth of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is fortunate to be interested by the leaders of the Ministry, especially the Minister, and has held talks twice in less than a year.

Ms. Nguyen Pham Duy Trang assessed the sharing session as really useful and valuable and suggested that the Youth Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promote its strengths, bravery, youth and intelligence to contribute more to the industry. Diplomacy and for the country.

Speaking at the end of the dialogue, the Minister requested the Foreign Ministry’s Youth Union to strengthen the organization of in-depth research activities in order to thoroughly grasp and clarify the contents of foreign affairs mentioned in the document of the first National Congress of Deputies. XIII of the Party; He proposed the Party committees in the entire diplomatic sector to build a harmonious and healthy working environment, to help young diplomats exercise both intellectually and physically, contributing to building a brave, professional and current diplomacy. Grand.

The Minister suggested that the Diplomatic Academy, the Office of the Party Committee – Unions cooperate with other units to develop a project on developing diplomatic youth by 2030, towards building a comprehensive generation of diplomatic youth. professional, modern, contributing more to the foreign affairs of the country.