VOV.VN - HMS Richmond of the British Royal Navy docked at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa province on 1 October to mark the start of a four-day visit to the nation aimed at boosting bilateral co-operation activities.

Vietnam will maintain its active contributions to UN peacekeeping efforts in South Sudan, said Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Internal Affairs.

Vietnam always focuses on gender equality issues, increasing the percentage of female soldiers involving in missions in different branches and other important issues to gradually promote the participation of women in this field.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the UK Government continue its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Vietnam, and early transfer the vaccine production technology to the nation during a reception for the visiting UK Secretary of State for Defence, Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, in Hanoi on July 22.

Vietnam is a leading partner of the UK in the region, British Minister of State for Asia Nigel Adams told Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung during their talks in Hanoi on July 22.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, received Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Park Noh-wan and Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma in Hanoi on July 16.

Bilateral and multilateral defence diplomacy has been carried out in a proactive, flexible, creative, effective, and substantive manner, continuing to serve as one of the pillars in Vietnam’s diplomacy and help raise the country’s role, stature, and prestige in the world.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 10 had phone talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, examining ways of further promoting the Vietnam - India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in future.

VOV.VN - The 2021 Vietnam - Canada defence consultation was held via videoconference on July 7, with the primary aim of emphasising that defence co-operation has yielded a range of encouraging outcomes.

VOV.VN - The nation has joined with India to discuss fresh measures aimed at boosting co-operation in UN peacekeeping activities during the course of an online workshop held on June 17.