VOV.VN - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Hanoi on October 21 for a two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis has granted an inclusive interview to Vietnam News Agency on the upcoming Vietnam visit by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as well as the Vietnam-UN partnership.

VOV.VN - The nation affirms that it will continue to guarantee and promote human rights at an October 20 discussion of the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues during the UN General Assembly’s 77th Session.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussion on the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusing on how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development with principles of equity and human rights at the centre.

VOV.VN - The role and position of the nation in terms of global politics and the economy was featured in an article published on October 17 by Russia’s Independent newspaper.

VOV.VN - ASEAN member states pledge more efforts to promote a nuclear-free Southeast Asia, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, said at a recent meeting of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) of the United Nations General Assembly on October 14 in New York.

VOV.VN - Vietnam called on the international community to ensure financial support for the UN’s development activities at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly’s 77th session on October 14.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia visited Switzerland from October 11-14.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat highlighted the importance of decolonisation and respect for equal rights and self-determination for peoples based in non-self-governing territories during a session of the 77th UN General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) held on October 13.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Office in Vietnam have hosted a training workshop for key opinion leaders (KOLs) in Hanoi to eliminate violence against women and children.