Hanoi, Sept. 15 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam on September 15 requested the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) to set higher requirements for people-to-people diplomacy in the new period, focusing on building deep and well-connected networks capable of mobilising resources. The top leader met with representatives of the 7th-term Executive Committee of the union for the 2026-2031 tenure in Hanoi following its seventh National Congress. The leader stressed the need to transform goodwill into trust, while relationships and partner networks must generate concrete resources for national development. In other words, people-to-people diplomacy must shift from "having r...