Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang had a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on September 23 with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix who affirmed the UN's support to Vietnam’s stronger engagement in peacekeeping operations.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York, on September 23 (local time), within the framework of the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81).

VOV.VN - Parliamentary cooperation is emerging as an important channel for Vietnam and Finland to deepen political ties and turn the directions of their Strategic Partnership into more concrete areas of cooperation.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and US businesses on September 23 (local time) and heard a report on the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative (VWAI).

A C-17 military transport aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force arrived in Hanoi on September 23 to carry Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 8 to South Sudan to undertake United Nations peacekeeping duties.

A research project on promoting maritime diplomacy in Southeast Asia, along with its first series of activities, was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 23.

Top Vietnamese leader To Lam had meetings with Ghanaian President John Mahama, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) Khalilur Rahman in New York, on September 22 (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam delivered an important address at the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22 (local time).

VOV.VN - Experts from Columbia University consider Vietnam's dynamic development a major advantage, drawing growing interest from the international business community, with many countries seeing Vietnam as an integral part of their regional development strategies.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his delegation paid a working visit to Pfizer Inc. in New York on September 22 as part of his working trip to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) and engage in bilateral activities.

Vietnam is participating in Exercise Trident Resolve 2026, a multinational field exercise combining three expert groups of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM+) on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HARD), military medicine (MM) and cyber security, which opened in Indonesia on September 22.

Vietnam’s engagement with BRICS through the Partner Country model reflects a strong convergence of strategic interests with South Africa in global governance and the promotion of South-South cooperation.

Bilateral defence ties have continued to be consolidated and strengthened, becoming an important pillar of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership, with positive outcomes recorded in various areas, Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Truong Thang said on September 22.

Gen. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), held talks with Maj. Gen. Leonid Kasinsky, Chief of the Main Ideological Directorate of Belarus’ Defence Ministry, in Belarus on September 22.

The fourth conference of the procuracies of Vietnamese and Chinese border localities took place in the northern province of Lang Son on September 22, focusing on strengthening cooperation and sharing experience in combating transnational crime.

Politburo Member and Standing Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu received a high-ranking delegation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) in Hanoi on September 22.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on September 22 discussed a draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Corporate Income Tax, the Law on Non-Agricultural Land Use Tax and the Law on Personal Income Tax.

Officials of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and partners of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to strengthen cooperation in public governance research, policy advice and training officials and civil servants, with a focus on digital transformation and responsible AI application.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung received Miguel Ángel Moratinos, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), on the sidelines of UNGA 81 in New York on the afternoon of September 22.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam has held a host of meetings with President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta, Swiss President Guy Parmelin, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

Vietnam wishes to further advance cooperation with the US on the basis of the legitimate interests of both sides, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang said.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam held meetings with President of Fiji Ratu Lalabalavu, Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese in New York on the morning of September 22 (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam has proposed four major orientations to steer and manage change so that competition does not turn into confrontation, differences do not lead to conflict, and scientific – technological progress does not create new divisions.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam delivered a policy speech at the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) in New York on September 22 (local time).

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation and UN leadership representatives, witnessed the exchange of cooperation documents and agreements between Vietnam and the United Nations in New York on September 22.

VOV.VN - General Secretary and President To Lam and Acting Secretary of the US Navy Hung Cao discussed ways to deepen Vietnam-US defence cooperation, particularly in maritime security, capacity building, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, to advance the two countries’ Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 22 to see off Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 8 and Engineering Unit Rotation 5 as they departed to undertake peacekeeping missions at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on September 22 discussed amendments to the Law on Marine and Island Resources and Environment as part of its sixth session.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22 to mark Malaysia’s 69th National Day and Malaysia Day, observed on August 31 and September 16, respectively.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam has said Vietnam is entering a new development phase with greater aspirations, higher goals and stronger determination, underpinned by self-reliance, strategic autonomy and deeper international integration.