It is necessary to early detect, fight and prevent attacks in cyberspace, heard a national symposium on ensuring national sovereignty in cyberspace held by the Ministry of Public Security and Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House in Hanoi on December 8.

The UN Security Council examined the worldwide refugee situation at a briefing on December 7 during which a Vietnamese diplomat called on all the parties concerned to prioritise saving lives so that no one dies while crossing a border or sea.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, has requested the council’s members and agencies to promote their role in ensuring national defence and security, and actively cope with both short-term and long-term non-traditional security challenges.

Vietnam has called for more humanitarian aid for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) during the United Nations Security Council’s meeting on the country’s unrest and activities of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on December 6.

As Chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to Resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, chaired a meeting discussing the visit to South Sudan from November 16-20.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has affirmed that terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continue to be a serious threat to peace and international security.

VOV.VN - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and Chairman of the ruling United Russia Party, has affirmed his council’s readiness to support and ramp up co-operation between the two countries across multiple fields.

VOV.VN - An official welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage were solemnly held at the Japanese Prime Minister's Office on November 24.

Kurt Campbell, the US National Security Council's coordinator for the Indo-Pacific, has described Vietnam as one of the countries to define the future of Asia, according to the asia.nikkei.com.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam on November 23 had a meeting with Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, and held online talks with Australian Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews.