Vietnam will maintain its active contributions to UN peacekeeping efforts in South Sudan, said Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Internal Affairs.
Vietnam always focuses on gender equality issues, increasing the percentage of female soldiers involving in missions in different branches and other important issues to gradually promote the participation of women in this field.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a statement at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the US, on September 22 (local time).
The UN highly valued Vietnam's high sense of responsibility and the professionalism of Vietnamese officers in peacekeeping operations, and wished that Vietnam will continue to maintain and increase its forces in UN peacekeeping missions, said Deputy Minister of National Defence Hoang Xuan Chien.
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 - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has underscored the important role of new technology in peacekeeping operations, describing technology as an efficient tool to boost capacity and protect civilians and peacekeepers operating in conflict hotbeds.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony on August 17 to hand over the President's Decision to Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Kim Oanh who will take on the UN’s ongoing peacekeeping missions in South Sudan.
The 28th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF-28) took place virtually on August 6 as part of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM 54) and Related Meetings.
Staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and their peers from India’s Level-2 Field Hospital have held an online joint training course on medical capacity and COVID-19 prevention and control.
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.