VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, held talks with General Yoshida Yoshihide, chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces Joint Staff, in Japan on October 11.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is ready to support and share its experience with the Laos NA in successfully organising the Cambodia - Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit in Vientiane capital in early December.

VOV.VN - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on October 4 awarded UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the East African country.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO), in coordination with the Defence Attaché Office of the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, held an experience-sharing session on the topic of women, peace and security in the United Nations peacekeeping operations, both in in-person and online formats on September 28.

The Ministry of National Defence on September 25 handed over the State President’s decisions to three officers, who will join the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

VOV.VN - Japan and representatives of State members of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) noted their appreciation for the preparations of Vietnam in hosting the Competency Evaluation Programme for Prospective UN Peacekeepers (CEPPP) as well as outcomes of the programme.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York on September 21 afternoon (US time), on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and United States Assistant Secretary of Defence Dr Ely Ratner recently co-hosted the annual Vietnam – US Defence Policy Dialogue in Washington, D.C.

Military observers, engineers and medical workers of Vietnam and other countries demonstrated their performance of tasks for the United Nations peacekeeping mission, in Hanoi on September 20.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s role and responsibility in multilateral and bilateral co-operation mechanisms on UN peacekeeping operations within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) has made practical contributions to improving the overall effectiveness of ADMM+ member states’ participation in UN peacekeeping operations.