VOV.VN - Since officially becoming the 149th member of the UN on September 20, 1977, Vietnam has always been a trustworthy partner and an active member of the organisation, making numerous important contributions to UN missions.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held on September 13 in Hanoi to open the competency evaluation programme for prospective UN peacekeepers (CEPPP) under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations.

Hanoi will for the first time host the end-of-term field training course under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations Cycle 4 from September 13-21.

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).

A see-off ceremony for Engineering Unit Rotation No 2 of Vietnam for the UN peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was held by the Ministry of Defence on August 8.

Engineering Unit Rotation 2 of Vietnam is going to leave for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Abyei region in the next few days, with about 300 tonnes of supplies to be brought along.

The Ministry of National Defence on July 27 held a ceremony to hand over the President’s decision to an officer who will take on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Mission in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan.

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 - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence on June 12 hosted a reception for South African Defence Attaché, Colonel Eugene Dudley, who came to bid adieu before finishing his term of office in Vietnam.

The Ministry of National Defence held the first meeting of the Steering Committee for making a proposal on the building of a law on participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Hanoi on June 9.