VOV.VN - Last year saw Party, State, and National Assembly (NA) leaders participate in a broad array of important multilateral activities, thereby strongly conveying a message that the country is ready to be a friend and trusted and responsible partner of the wider international community.

VOV.VN - Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, has applauded the nation’s active participation and positive results recorded in UN peacekeeping activities, as well as its commitments in implementing the UN’s goals, especially the percentage of Vietnamese female soldiers participating in these activities.

US Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Ambassador Michèle Taylor commended Vietnam’s priorities and initiatives at the council while meeting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet in Hanoi on January 13.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 13 for 25 international guests from 15 countries who came to Vietnam for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords).

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s extensive strategic partner for peace, and Vietnam always places great importance to the relations across the board.

The 52nd edition of the International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People was launched at a school in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh on January 9.

Vietnam has recorded an impressive percentage of women in UN peacekeeping operations, said Caitlin Wiesen, former Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception for Queen Mother of Bhutan Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck on December 28 in Hanoi, during which the host affirmed that the Vietnamese side will always place great importance on its strong friendship with Bhutan.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation No. 2 participating in the ongoing UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei made its debut on December 27 at an announcement ceremony.

VOV.VN - Thai Hai reserve area, home to an ecological house-on-stilts village in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, has been named as one of the 32 ‘Best Tourism Villages 2022’ by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).