On January 25, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Vo Van Hoan held a working session with the Heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad to receive assignments in 2024. At the reception, he expressed his hope that the Vietnamese representative missions abroad would continue to connect resources to support the development of Ho Chi Minh City in the coming time.

Heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad proposed specific measures to implement the motto "economic diplomacy serving development, and taking people, localities and businesses as the centre of service” at a national teleconference.