VOV.VN - US Embassy Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Marie Damour has formally handed over a new US-funded transient instructor and student accommodation facility at the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations to Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, the Deputy Minister of National Defense.
Vietnam’s sapper unit No. 1 and level-2 field hospital No. 4 joining UN peacekeeping operations made their debut at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on November 17.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang applauded the co-operation commitments made by the Republic of Korea (RoK) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on November 10 during the ASEAN-RoK Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting which was held virtually.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a banquet hosted by the UK Prime Minister on November 1.
VOV.VN - Vietnam always stands side by side with African countries to overcome difficulties, expand effective cooperation, and look towards peace and development, says State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Council of National Defence-Security, attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 18 to honour individuals and organisations who made outstanding contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.
VOV.VN - The country has called on the international community to make greater efforts to address the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons.
VOV.VN - HMS Richmond of the British Royal Navy docked at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa province on 1 October to mark the start of a four-day visit to the nation aimed at boosting bilateral co-operation activities.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the EU Delegation to the country shared experience in peacekeeping and looked into the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) at a meeting held both in person and online on September 28.
The visit to Cuba from September 18-21 and working trip to New York, the US, from September 21-24 of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation bear great significance and meet all set targets, according to Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.