VOV.VN - On January 27, Philemon Yang, President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), appointed Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, and Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN, as co-facilitators to prepare for the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in 2026.

VOV.VN - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a message on January 25 to mark the Lunar New Year of the Snake 2025.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) on January 11 visited the Cuban mission in New York to extend his New Year greetings and celebrate Cuba's 66th National Liberation Day (January 1, 1959-2025).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to assist Laos in enhancing its capacity to participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Vietnam's diplomatic sector achieved many important results in 2024, making substantial and meaningful contributions to the overall achievements of the country, including prominent contributions through multilateral diplomatic activities, particularly at the United Nations, according to Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, on January 6, received UN Under-Secretary-General for Digital and Emerging Technologies Amandeep Singh Gill, who is visiting Vietnam from January 5-6.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a meeting in Hanoi on January 6 with UN Under-Secretary-General for Digital and Emerging Technologies Amandeep Singh Gill, who also serves as the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s Envoy on Technology.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony on January 2 to present the State President’s decision and the Defense Minister’s decision to assign eight more officers to United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

VOV.VN - After nearly three months of discussion and negotiation on documents, the Fifth Committee which is the Committee of the General Assembly with responsibilities for administration and budgetary matters held a plenary session on December 24 and adopted more than 20 resolutions on organisational, administrative, and budgetary issues of UN agencies and member countries' contributions to the organisation's 2025 budget.

The international community on December 24 welcomed the unanimous adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention against Cybercrime by the UN General Assembly (UNGA).