Vietnam needs to prepare personnel to meet the requirements of higher positions in United Nations peacekeeping missions, and continue to send candidates, especially female staff, to the UN headquarters, said Colonel Mac Duc Trong, deputy head of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

A ceremony to hand over peacekeeper training equipment donated by the Australian Department of Defence to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations was held in Hanoi on December 14.

The 15th Meeting of the Experts' Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations (EWG PKO) Cycle 4 for the 2021-2023 period, within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), took place on December 3 via videoconference.

VOV.VN - The nation expressed its grave concerns over the ongoing crises in Lebanon, calling on the Middle Eastern country to step up efforts to solve its challenges during a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting held on November 29.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Defence presented the President’s decision on November 22 to assign 12 officers, including two females, to South Sudan and the Central African Republic in order to work for the ongoing UN peacekeeping missions there.

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.