VOV.VN - The United Nations on May 26 awarded its medal to three officers of the Vietnam People’s Army who are working at this organization’s headquarters in New York, USA, on Peacekeeper’s Day (May 29).

VOV.VN - A total of 32 Vietnamese soldiers of Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 who had joined the UN peacekeeping mission in Bentiu, South Sudan, returned to Vietnam on May 27 morning.

Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang underscored the critical importance of protecting civilians in armed conflicts while addressing an annual open debate on the issue held by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 25.

VOV.VN - A farewell ceremony for the 2nd detachment of Level-2 Field Hospital No. 4 to carry out duties in the UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan was held by the Ministry of National Defence on May 24 in the military airfield of Division 371 of the Air Defence – Air Force Service.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam addressed the opening of the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) held in Bangkok on May 23, which he is attending at the invitation of Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam will attend the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 23-27.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai will attend the 52nd World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting from May 23-24 in Davos, Switzerland, at the invitation of WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Professor Klaus Schwab.

VOV.VN - The UN has affirmed its willingness to support the nation in establishing a partnership on energy transition with G7 nations, in a letter sent by Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in New York for a week-long visit to the United States and United Nations, had a meeting with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed on May 16 (local time).

The Economic Times, an Indian English-language daily, has posted a commentary on the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s working visit to the US and the UN, saying that the trip aims to reaffirm Vietnam’s role in stabilising Southeast Asia.