VOV.VN - Vietnam on June 6 voiced its opposition to China’s geological survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 26’s illegal operations in Vietnamese waters and demanded China stop similar actions.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 30 for Chief Operations Officer of the Denmark-based LEGO Group Carsten Rasmussen who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on May 29 handed over the State President’s decisions to deploy two officers to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

VOV.VN - CT Group, a leading Vietnamese multi-industry conglomerate, presented potential co-operation areas for the southern province of Binh Duong during a working session held with Vo Van Minh, chairman of the locality’s People's Committee, on May 28.

VOV.VN - Paraguayan media outlet ABC Color has highlight a recent Vietnam visit made by Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce Javier Gimenez, who came in efforts to bolster bilateral co-operation.

VOV.VN - The country does not send its armed forces to engage in peacekeeping operations to serve the intentions of other countries or non-state actors, and does not harm friendly or host nations, said Major General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hong Quan, former Deputy Director of the Institute for Defence Strategy in a recent interview granted to a VOV reporter on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony on May 27 in Hanoi to mark the 10th anniversary of its traditional day (May 27, 2014 - 2024) and receive the third-class Fatherland Protection Order.

VOV.VN -To date Vietnam has sent more than 800 officers to three UN peacekeeping missions and the UN Headquarters.

40 impoverished people in the central province of Thue Thien – Hue have received free cataract surgeries under a charitable programme organised by the Hue Eye Hospital, in collaboration with the Asia - Pacific Prevention of Blindness Association (APBA), the provincial support Association for Poor Patients, and the Nam Dong district medical centre.

VOV.VN - The Department of Forestry of Vietnam and the Department of Forestry of Japan have signed a Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) on bilateral co-operation in forestry management.