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.
State President Vo Van Thuong offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries and followers on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, while visiting Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26.
The UN Day of Vesak was celebrated at Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi on May 25, or the seventh day of the fourth lunar month, with the joint effort of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association, and the Indian Embassy.
VOV.VN - Pauline Tamesis, resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, joined with numerous representatives of countries to applaud the Vietnamese performance in realising its sustainable development goals (SDGs), as well as the Government’s leadership in this field.
Vietnam supports and appreciates the role of the ASEAN Chair in connecting with all stakeholders in finding a peaceful and sustainable solution to the Myanmar situation, as well as the bloc's efforts to promote humanitarian relief in the country and the repatriation process in Rakhine State, said Minister Counsellor Le Thi Minh Thoa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.
VOV.VN - A ceremony was solemnly held at the UN Headquarters on May 18 in New York to celebrate the International Vesak Day 2023.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Level-4 Field Hospital No.2 at the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) debuted a flagpole on May 17 in celebration of the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh that falls on May 19.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Karl Van Den Bossche and Francois Michel, CEO of John Cockerill Group - a mechanical engineering firm of Belgium, in Hanoi on May 17.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh alongside other leaders of other ASEAN member states on May 11 attended a retreat session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia to discuss international and regional issues of shared concern.
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to UN Women Representative in Vietnam Elisa Fernandez, during a ceremony in Hanoi on May 10.