FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL INTERGRATION

Vietnam diplomatic sector has proactively implemented the foreign policy of the 12th Party Congress *

Pham Binh Minh Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

The year 2016 ended with more complicated and unpredictable development in the regional and world situation. The world economy was unstable; the growth rate fell to its lowest level in many years. The populist and national movement was on the rise. Brexit and political changes took place in many countries unexpectedly. The process of globalization, and international integration faced with new challenges. Competition in strategy and rally of force among major countries was complicated, making multi-dimensional impacts to small and medium countries. Many "hot spots" in the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia continued to stand at stalemate, running the risk of explosion. Disputes over territorial sovereignty, sea, islands and natural resources became fiercer while non-traditional security challenges such as climate change, water security, cyber security, migration, terrorism emerged sharply, threatening the security and stability of many countries, including Vietnam.

Effectively handle the relation between independence, and self-reliance and international integration of Vietnam in the new context

Prof. Nguyen Xuan Thang, PhD Member of the Party Central Committee Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

Justice judgment and prospects for peaceful solutions to disputes in the East Sea

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, PhD. Institute of East Sea Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Viet Nam-US Relation: New Developments

Lai Thai Binh, PhD Deputy Director General of Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

New dynamics of international relations

Lai Thai Binh Deputy Director of the Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs