VOV.VN - Elizabeth McIninch, director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council and a media consultant with deep expertise in Southeast Asia, has affirmed that the nation has become a mediator between member states of ASEAN and plays a leading role in the common home of 650 million people.

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.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to strengthening its engagement and cooperation with dialogue and external partners, including through existing ASEAN-led mechanisms, in promoting peace, stability, security and development, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has said on behalf of the ASEAN.

VOV.VN - A round of negotiations on a draft agreement between the Vietnamese and Italian governments on mutual protection and the exchange of confidential information was held from July 18 to July 19 in Rome, Italy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will step up its efforts when carrying out sustainable development goals (SDGs), Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang said at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on July 19.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, held a working session on July 17 in New York with Ambassador Dennis Francis, president of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN - The comprehensive co-operative ties between Vietnam and Laos have been continuously consolidated and developed across the board following the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation on July 18, 1977.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed that the behaviour of the group in Dak Lak which recently violated the law, causing serious insecurity and disorder in the process, will be handled according to legal regulations.

VOV.VN - Vu Thu Ha, vice chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, hosted a reception on July 7 for Firmin Edouard Matoko, assistant director-general of UNESCO, who affirmed the organisation’s readiness to accompany the nation in general and Hanoi in particular in preserving and promoting its cultural heritage values.

Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu led a Vietnamese delegation to the annual discussions on women’s rights, climate change and a dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, within the framework of the 53rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 30 to July 3.