Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets diplomats on February 26, 2018. (Photo: VNA)

At a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters in Hanoi on Monday, Mr. Phuc urged the sector to improve the efficiency of external work, maintain a peaceful environment for socio-economic development and defense, and raise national strength while pursuing peace, independence, self-reliance and cooperation.

He urged the Ministry to streamline the apparatus of Vietnam’s representative agencies abroad.