VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam of Vietnam expressed concern over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and called for an end to hostilities, the restoration of peace, and the protection of security and safety of civilians and essential infrastructure in the country, during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York on September 24.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 23 issued an urgent notice advising Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon to leave the country in the context of conflict escalations and risk expansion in the region.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia is ready to evacuate people from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk oblast to safe places if needed, said Counselor Vu Xuan Viet, head of the Consular Division and deputy head of the Community Affairs Board of the embassy on August 11.

Vietnam has called on parties involved in conflicts to strictly comply with international law and international humanitarian law, especially the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and relevant UN resolutions, thus better protecting civilians in conflicts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to produce 43 million tonnes of rice this year, of which more than 8 million tonnes will be for export, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has recently issued a notice advising the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in the Middle East nation to proactively implement security and safety measures amid the escalating security situation caused by tensions between Israel and Iran.

VOV.VN - The country has underlined the importance of empowering women and dealing with youth-related issues to the prevention of extremism, violence, and conflicts.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Vietnamese citizens not to travel to places where conflicts are taking place, its spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on March 14.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat called for more international efforts to be made to reduce the impact of climate change, food insecurity and conflicts on the maintenance of peace and security around the world, at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on February 14.

VOV.VN - Despite facing global headwinds, Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest economic-financial centre that was hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021-2022, secured high growth in 2023, creating an essential prerequisite for the city to move ahead in 2024 and beyond.