Research and Supplement the State Budget Index for External Information

Study and Supplement the State Budget Table for External Information Affairs

Sets tasks to enhance resources, encourage, and mobilize social resources for external information affairs as follows:

- Study and supplement the state budget table for external information affairs.

- The State concentrates resources, focusing on human resources, finance, and facilities to support forces involved in external information affairs, prioritizing dedicated agencies on external information affairs within ministries, central authorities and local authorities, Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, national external press, and Vietnamese permanent press offices overseas... Maximizing both domestic and international resources to promote the national image, contributing to the country's socio-economic development, particularly emphasizing the role of people's friendship organizations, overseas associations, reputable and positively influential individuals in society.

- Emphasize the role of the Vietnamese community abroad, especially the youth and young intellectuals to contribute to the building, protecting, and developing the country; preserve and promote Vietnamese cultural identity and traditions.

- Allocate and assign suitable and effective resources for specialized agencies directly involved in external information affairs, Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, Vietnamese cultural centers abroad, and Vietnamese permanent press offices abroad.

- Develop a specialized team for external information affairs with strong political will, professional, and modern public service qualities. Study and propose mechanisms to attract and appropriately reward officials in external information affairs; policies for reporters and editors in external radio and television; policies to hire foreign experts in external information affairs and journalism to promote their contributions and dedication to external information affairs.

- Study and pilot the model of National Image Promotion Ambassadors, especially in key, strategic, and target areas for external information affairs.

- Regularly organize training, drills, and skill enhancement courses to update knowledge on external information, foreign languages for officials, reporters, editors involved in external information affairs; focus on connecting training facilities, improving the quality of specialized training and coaching in external information across the country's training institutions; expand international cooperation in the exchange, training, and coaching of staff in external information affairs.

- Each ministry, central authority, and local authority (excluding agencies specialized in external information affairs) should allocate at least one dedicated position for external information affairs...

More details can be found in Resolution 47/NQ-CP dated April 15, 2024.

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