VOV.VN - Hordes of Ho Chi Minh City residents converged along the banks of the Saigon River on September 2 morning to watch two large-sized hot air balloons carry 1n 1,800-square metre national flag into the sky above the Thu Thiem tunnel.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on August 30 presented the insignia “For the cause of natural resources and environment” to UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen in recognition of her contributions to the sector.

VOV.VN - Northern mountainous localities of Vietnam have planned to evacuate as many as 135,000 residents from coastal and low-lying areas in the event that tropical storm Maon causes heavy downpours that are likely to trigger flashfloods and landslides.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga presented the insignia “For Peace, Friendship among Nations” to UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen in Hanoi on August 24.

VOV.VN - Pauline Tamesis, resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, voiced her support for the nation’s priorities currently being promoting at the UN during a recent meeting with Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - The nation will play a more extensive role in future UN peacekeeping operations, including expanding the number of missions conducted by Vietnamese peacekeeping forces through forms of deployment.

A Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development Cooperation (CF) between the Government of Vietnam and all UN resident and non-resident agencies in Vietnam for the 2022-2026 period was signed in Hanoi on August 11.

Minister of Public Security To Lam has asked the new UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, Pauline Tamesis, to further promote cooperation between his ministry and UN agencies in transnational crime combat and peacekeeping.

VOV.VN - The three pillars in the nation’s education transformation moving forward will include the transformation of the governance system, environmental transformation, and digital technology, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security led by Director of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order To Van Hue is on a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) to learn from the country’s experience in managing residence registration.