VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat has highlighted Buddhism’s importance in the country’s national development at the commemoration of International Day of Vesak 2024 at the UN headquarters in New York on May 20, expressing Vietnam’s wish to play host to another UN Day of Vesak in future.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has had a working session with a delegation from the People’s Public Security Academy led by Colonel Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truong Tho, Vice Director of the academy, on a working visit to New York.

VOV.VN - The country co-sponsors and supports the UN General Assembly (UNGA)’s historic resolution and supports the membership of the State of Palestine to the UN.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence on May 13 opened a training course for United Nations staff officers with the support of the US Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).

VOV.VN - Minister Counsellor and deputy head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the UN Nguyen Hoang Nguyen has called on all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint, stop hostile actions, unconditionally release all hostages, and comply with international law and relevant UN resolutions.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.

A representative of Vietnam has affirmed the youth’s commitment to joining hands in climate change response, while attending a plenary session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York on April 17.

VOV.VN - Building a modern and synchronous infrastructure system is one of three strategic breakthroughs of the Government of Vietnam towards sustainable development, said Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN at a UN General Assembly debate on infrastructure connectivity in New York on April 18 (local time).

A forum on supporting women-owned businesses to join supply chains through sustainable development tools took place in Hanoi on April 17.

Vietnam will continue its support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in promoting and making efforts to provide humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) has said.