VOV.VN - The 2021 Vietnam - Canada defence consultation was held via videoconference on July 7, with the primary aim of emphasising that defence co-operation has yielded a range of encouraging outcomes.

Vietnam’s engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has helped raise the country’s prestige and position in the world and win praise from the UN and international friends, said Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam supports the role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in supporting developing nations, including Vietnam, to promote trade and sustainable development, and reduce impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and improve capacity towards green and sustainable development.

Vietnamese scientist Nguyen Hoang Minh has won the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Research Award for Young Scientists in 2021.

VOV.VN - The nation condemns and calls for an immediate halt to attacks carried out against civilians, essential civil infrastructure, and humanitarian aid agencies and staff operating in Ethiopia.

Vietnam has called for increased efforts to address challenges, stabilise the political situation, develop the economy and improve the lives of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

VOV.VN - The US Department of State released last month its 2020 International Religious Freedom Report which stated that some religious groups in Vietnam are not recognized by the State and are bothered, intervened, or restricted by local authorities.

The 31st Meeting of the States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is taking place at the UN headquarters in New York from June 21 to 25.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has called for closer co-operation among concerned parties in order to address ongoing security and humanitarian challenges in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Syria.

VOV.VN - The nation has called on the United States Government to reverse its current policy towards Cuba after voting in favour of a UN resolution on the issue, not only for the sake of the two peoples, but also for peace, stability, and development of the region and the wider world.