The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence on October 24 coordinated with the French Defence Attaché Office in Vietnam to kick off a four-wheel-drive vehicle training course for more than 30 officers of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) who will participate in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations as individuals in 2024.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China have signed a letter of intent to enhance defense cooperation, and an agreement on border cooperation between the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense of China.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects that Russia and its State Atomiс Energy Corporation (Rosatom) in particular will continue providing support in technology transfer and high-quality human resource training in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Do Minh Hung underscored the priority given to ramping up inter-parliamentary co-operation between the nation and the UK in the time ahead during a working session with Speaker of the UK House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle in London on October 22.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, and General Chansamone Chanyalath, Minister of National Defense of Laos, on October 22 signed a defense cooperation document between the two countries for 2025-2029 and a cooperation plan for 2025.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Russia agreed to sign a comprehensive cooperation development plan till 2030 during a telephone conversation on October 22 between the two countries’ Deputy Prime Ministers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the European Union are examining education cooperation opportunities for Erasmus +, a leading EU program for education, training, youth, and sports, in Hanoi on October 22-23.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has underscored the importance of energy and mining cooperation as a pillar of economic ties between Vietnam and Laos.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Thanh met with her Armenian counterpart Hakob Arshakyan on October 19 in Vientiane on the sidelines of the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45).