VOV.VN - The army must not remain idle amid unexpected developments occurring in political and security matters both regionally and globally, said Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong at the 2020 national military - political conference held in Hanoi on December 7 in Hanoi.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has called for the removal of unilateral coercive measures negatively affecting countries’ socio-economic development and people’s life, and the restraint of unilateral coercive actions in international relations.

As the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, Vietnam has played and will play a significant role in defining the region’s desire for peace and cooperation, according to an analyst from a US university.

VOV.VN - The army has always been the mainstay of the Party, the State, and the people that forms the core part of the country’s defence whilst creating a favourable environment that allows for national development, according to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - China's recent annoucement to two districts to govern two major groups of islands and their adjacent waters in the East Sea appears to be null and void