International Cooperation Division

The International Cooperation Division is a professional one of the Department, responsible for advising on various fields such as the Provincial Party's external affairs, international cooperation and integration, external economic, external culture, external information, foreign NGOs and management of international conferences, conducting international agreements, managing activities of foreign journalists in the province, diplomatic training, organizing out delegations and managing in delegations.

a. List of officials of International Cooperation Division

b. Rights and responsibilities

* The works of Party’s external relations

- To support Board of Directors (BOD) to advise Provincial Party Committee on the development of programs, plans for international cooperation and integration of the province, proposals for establishment of cooperative friendship between the province and foreign partners, organizing the implementation of these programs, plans and projects).

- To support the BOD to advise the Provincial Party Committee on drafting provincial steering, special resolutions, programs, plans and projects on external activities; To monitor and urge the implementation of the Party's external affairs policies and external activities in accordance with orientations, guidelines and programs approved by the Provincial Party Committee.

* The works of advisory

- To assist the BOD in advising Provincial People's Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on drafting of decisions, directives and other documents on the external relations of the province;

- To assist the BOD to advise the Provincial People's Committee on the drafting of long-term, five-year and annual plans, programs and projects on the external relations of the Provincial People's Committees; To organize, monitor and report on the implementation after being approved.

* The works of international cooperation

- To act as a clue to assist the BOD in advising on the work of international integration and cooperation in line with the Party's policies as well as the State's laws;

- To research, propose, formulate and implement the plan of international cooperation and integration of the province and the project of establishing the provincial cooperative friendship with foreign partners;

- To advise on the establishment and maintenance of relations with embassies, consular offices, foreign non-governmental organizations and representatives of international organizations in Vietnam.

* The works of external economic

- To advise on the development and implementation of the program of external activities aiming at socio-economic development of localities after being approved by authorities; To urge and sum up the implementation of relevant departments and units, to make reports according to regulations;

- To coordinate with related agencies and overseas representative agencies of Vietnam in collecting, selecting and verifying foreign partners in business, joint venture, economic integration and local investment in the province according to the assignment of the Provincial People's Committee;

- To advise the BOD in promoting, introducing the local potentials and strengths; to assist in the implementation of tasks relating to trade, investment, tourism promotion and the protection of legitimate interests of economic organizations in foreign countries assigned by the Provincial People's Committee (about content, data, market, price, origin of goods, etc.).

* The works of external culture

- To assist the BOD to advise the Provincial People's Committee on the development of programs and plans for the implementation of the cultural diplomacy strategy in each period; to coordinate with concerned agencies in implementing those programs and plans;

- To coordinate with related agencies in organizing external cultural events in the locality and building, promoting the Bac Ninh’s image of people and culture abroad.

* The works of external information

- To coordinate with relevant agencies in carrying out programs and plans for external information and dissemination of the province;

- To provide information relating to locality’s foreign propagandizing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and authorized agencies;

- To organize the collection, analysis and synthesis of information on the political, security and economic situation of the world and the region for local socio-economic development;

- To advise the BOD in managing activities of foreign journalists in press activities in the locality; To formulate the program of activities, organize the reception and interview for the leaders of the Provincial People's Committees with foreign journalists; To provide information monitor and manage activities of foreign journalists in accordance with the law;

- To take responsibility for and coordinate with the Office, the Consular Division and Oversea Vietnamese people in making the plan, editing and publishing the Department's Foreign Affairs Bulletin.

* The works of foreign Non-governmental organization management

- To advise the BOD to perform the state management of activities of foreign non-governmental organizations in the locality; to give opinions on the issuance, extension, amendment, supplement and withdrawal of registration and other activities of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the locality; To guide and assist foreign NGOs in the procedures and in the survey, development and implementation of donor projects in accordance with the law; To inspect and supervise the activities of organizations and staffs working for foreign NGOs in the locality; To report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organization Affairs as required;

- To advise on the relationship and mobilization of foreign non-governmental aid from the locality; To formulate programs, plans and support agencies, units and localities in foreign non-governmental aids mobilization;

- To assist the BOD in evaluation of project and non-project-based donations from foreign non-governmental organizations to meet the requirements of external politics.

* The works of international conferences management:

- To advise the BOD on international conferences management held in the provinces under the authority of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;

- To receive dossiers and to evaluate the contents of international conferences; To guide, inspect agencies and units in the province in implementing regulations on organizing and managing international conferences.

* The works of signing and implementation of international agreements

- To assist the Director in performing the state management of the signing and implementation of international agreements in the locality;

- To advise the Director to submit the contents of the program, plan, signing of international agreements and its implementation to the Provincial People's Committee;

- To monitor and urge the implementation of signed international agreements; To sum up and report on issues arising in the signing and implementation of international agreements in locality.

* The works of diplomatic training

- To advise, propose, develop and organize training programs on professional knowledge and skills for officials and employees in the province;

- To coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and concerned agencies in implementing the programs on foreign relations and international integration for local officials and employees.

* The works of organizing out delegations and managing in delegations

- To take responsibility for and coordinate with concerned divisions in organizing out delegations for provincial leaders;

- To take responsibility for and coordinate with concerned divisions in elaborating and organizing the implementation of plans for reception of foreign delegations visiting and working with provincial leaders in international protocols. To assist the Director in appraising the proposals of the departments and localities on receiving foreign guests of the provincial leaders;

- To propose and prepare content for the provincial leaders and the BOD for working with foreign delegations or attending international conferences and seminars held in and out of the country.

* Other tasks

- To perform the translation and interpretation for the Department;

- To coordinate with related agencies to carry out the people to people's external affairs activities in the locality;

- To perform other tasks assigned by the Director.