VOV.VN - Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris twitted on August 26 that she is proud of new progress that both the United States and Vietnam are making together following a series of her productive meetings with Vietnamese leaders.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the UK Government continue its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Vietnam, and early transfer the vaccine production technology to the nation during a reception for the visiting UK Secretary of State for Defence, Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, in Hanoi on July 22.

Vietnam is a leading partner of the UK in the region, British Minister of State for Asia Nigel Adams told Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung during their talks in Hanoi on July 22.

VOV.VN - The 2021 Vietnam - Canada defence consultation was held via videoconference on July 7, with the primary aim of emphasising that defence co-operation has yielded a range of encouraging outcomes.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang talked via videoconference with his Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo on June 3, agreeing to further intensify cooperation in military medicine to combat COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks.

VOV.VN - The nation condemned the targeted attacks on UN peacekeepers at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on May 24 on intensifying the safety for UN peacekeeping forces, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

The working group for Vietnam-France defence cooperation held a meeting via videoconference on May 5 during which the two countries’ officials agreed to maintain high-level contact and strengthen links in different aspects.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations opened a training course for UN staff officers with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) on April 14.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence on April 9 handed over the State President’s decision to a Vietnamese military officer to carry out duty at the UN Headquarters.

VOV.VN - The nation has proactively fulfilled its dual role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, whilst also affirming its role, prestige, position, and contributions to multilateral co-operation mechanisms as part of regional peacekeeping operations.