Hanoi, Aug. 7 -- The 33rd Diplomatic Conference, themed "Promoting the pioneering role and fulfilling the crucial and regular task of Vietnam's external affairs in the new era," concluded in Hanoi on the afternoon of August 7 under the chair of Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung. The conference was the first to be held after the 14th National Party Congress identified foreign affairs and international integration as a "crucial and regular task", and the country entered the period of transforming its development model following the third plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee, which called for stronger external engagement across all areas. Against this backdrop, foreign relations are no longer viewed simply ...