Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), stressed the importance of peacebuilding efforts when addressing the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding Financing on April 27.

VOV.VN - A deployment ceremony for the nation’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 participating in UN missions was held on April 27 in Hanoi amid the presence of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese peacekeeping forces, including the Military Engineering Unit No.1 and the Level-2 Field Hospital No.4, held a departure ceremony on April 27 at Noi Bai International Airport ahead of their work at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) mission.

An event was co-held by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in Vietnam to promote women’s roles in diplomacy in Hanoi on April 25.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang to the United Nations has called on the UN and regional organizations to strengthen cooperation in resolving the root causes of conflicts, building peace and preventing conflicts, so as to mitigate risk of famine due to conflicts.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on April 21 hosted a ceremony to launch an emulation movement among the staff of the first engineering team and the level-2 field hospital No. 4 before they are deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and India should resume direct air routes linking their major cities to promote tourism and trade, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the suggestion at a reception for Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla in Hanoi on April 19.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations in the context of both nations celebrating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties during their phone talks on April 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to and wishes to further step up mutual ties in a stable and sustainable manner, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said during his telephone talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on April 14.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on April 14 held an opening ceremony for its second training course for UN staff officers with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).