The Ministry of National Defence held the first meeting of the Steering Committee for making a proposal on the building of a law on participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Hanoi on June 9.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son visited the headquarters of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) on June 7 in Paris to meet with Louise Mushikiwabo, secretary general of the OIF.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien attended the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue that officially opened in Singapore on June 3.

VOV.VN - An international workshop was held in Hanoi on May 30 to examine opportunities and challenges to female security and police officers in UN peacekeeping missions.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, on May 25 chaired a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (May 29, 1948-2023).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Level-4 Field Hospital No.2 at the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) debuted a flagpole on May 17 in celebration of the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh that falls on May 19.

VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien on May 5 hosted a reception in Hanoi for the Indian Defence Attache, Col. Dheeraj Kotwal.

Australian Governor-General David Hurley praised the Vietnamese blue beret force’s contributions and stressed the meaning of the Vietnam-Australia cooperation in the UN's peacekeeping mission when he and President Vo Van Thuong visited the headquarters of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations in Hanoi on April 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese peacekeepers operating the Level-2 field Hospital No. 4 in South Sudan have been honoured with UN Peacekeeping medals in recognition of their outstanding contributions during the year-long mission in the East African country.

VOV.VN - The nation always values friendly relations and strategic partnership with Australia, a long-standing traditional partner and one of the countries forming comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN.