Washington D.C., Aug. 1 -- As the 33rd Diplomatic Conference and the 22nd National Conference on External Affairs are taking place in Hanoi from August 1-7, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung said Vietnamese diplomacy is entering an important transition, shifting from expanding relations and enhancing the country's international standing to mobilising resources for national development in the new era. In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Washington D.C., Dung stated that over nearly four decades, the thinking and criteria for assessing the effectiveness of foreign affairs have evolved rapidly alongside the country's development. In the past, diplomacy focused on helping break the blockage and embargo, n...