VOV.VN - A video conference on the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Dialogue regarding the promotion of women’s economic empowerment amid the COVID-19 pandemic opened on October 12, with nearly 130 delegates from 41 ASEM member countries and seven international and regional organisations in attendance.

VOV.VN - ASEAN supports mass international efforts for the disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and will strictly adhere to relevant UN Security Council (UNSC)’s resolutions aimed at achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UN Dang Dinh Quy said on October 9.

VOV.VN - UN Women will continue to support the government and people of Vietnam in further promoting gender equality, Elisa Fernandez, UN Women representative in Vietnam has said during a recent interview granted to VOV.

Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Colombian counterpart Francisco Javier Echeverri conducted the fifth deputy ministerial-level political consultation via a video conference on October 8.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, has called on countries to combine strength and coordinate actions in a more urgent, drastic and practical manner to protect biodiversity – a priceless natural resource.

Vietnam and the UK issued a “Joint Declaration on the Vietnam - UK Strategic Partnership: Forging Ahead for Another 10 Years” after the talks in Hanoi on September 30 between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, praised the co-operation activities between the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on September 29 while in attendance at a virtual annual consultation between the two councils.

VOV.VN - The contributions made by Vietnamese military officers, the nation's ambassadors for peace to the United Nations peacekeeping missions, have received great acclaim from international friends.

Vietnam and a number of member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed to establish an informal working group on trade and gender during an online meeting at the level of ambassador and head of delegation in Bern, Switzerland, on September 23.

The UN must serve as the “incubator” for multilateral cooperation initiatives for peace, development and prosperity, stated Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong in his first-ever remarks sent to the High-level General Debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25 (Vietnamese time)