Digital tools and social media tools for PD --- The MFA of Vietnam now has used some tools for PD such as facebook, twitter, Zalo, Youtube, Intergram... for propagate the foreign policy of Vietnam and building the brand of NFA of Vietnam. Some ambassadors abroad use Facebook, Youtube, Twitter for the external communication rather well and successfully. One big problem for diplomat of Vietnam is that we do not have the legal corridor for using social network for PD and many of diplomat are afraid of telling somethings wrong and not in the line with the willing of the government and in some cases we should solve problems with scandals in which some diplomat use images and status that did not match the foreign policy of Vietnam and violate the law. Until now we issued only on degree of the government on using social network and MFA of Vietnam issued Rules for using social networks. But it do not match the demand of the Vietnam diplomats. That's why many diplomat do not want to use social network for PD. In coming year we should research and issue the new rules for solving this problem.

Source author: Nguyen Phan Hong Hai hai.nguyenphan@gmail.com