A United Nations staff officer training course kicked off at the Hanoi-based Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on March 11 within the framework of Canada's Military Training and Cooperation Programme (MTCP).

Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang received Ambassador Julien Guerrier, Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 21.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia will work closely together to effectively deploy areas of cooperation in the coming time.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is ready to support and share its experience with the Laos NA in successfully organising the Cambodia - Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit in Vientiane capital in early December.

VOV.VN - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on October 4 awarded UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the East African country.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on August 16 handed over the State President’s decision to deploy three more police officers to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Anne-Marie Trevelyan co-chaired the ninth Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue on June 12 in London.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien attended the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue that officially opened in Singapore on June 3.

VOV.VN - An international workshop was held in Hanoi on May 30 to examine opportunities and challenges to female security and police officers in UN peacekeeping missions.

UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare visited Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on March 6, during which he thanked the Vietnamese peacekeeping forces in Abyei for their positive and effective contributions to UN peacekeeping operations, bringing a better life to local communities.