Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the diplomatic sector to be more active in external economic activities in the years to come. Addressing a conference of trade counselors in Hanoi on Wednesday, the Prime Minister stressed the important missions for the sector next year. “A comprehensive strategy on international economic integration should be made available within the first quarter of next year. We won’t be able to achieve our goals without specific economic cooperation strategies with each country and each region. Therefore, the diplomatic sector needs to outline a roadmap for external economic cooperation for the next 5 and 10 years”, he said. Prime Minister Dung asked Vietnamese diplomats abroad to lobby other countries to recognize Vietnam’s market economy status and exert greater efforts to attract Official Development Assistance in infrastructure construction, healthcare, education and environment.