The ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020 has contributed to effectively implementing the Party’s foreign policy, raising Vietnam’s role and position and helping the country create a firm stance in ASEAN and the region.

Vietnam’s diplomatic sector overcame numerous challenges throughout 2020 to create, grasp and optimise new cooperation opportunities, thus contributing to the country’s progress towards development, stated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Foreign media view 2020 as a truly special year for Vietnam as the country has not only performed the dual role of ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) but also done a good job of concurrently containing COVID-19 and sustaining economic growth.

Vietnam has well performed its missions while serving as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the first year of the 2020-2021 tenure, contributing to maintaining regional and global peace and stability as well as improving the country’s prestige in the international arena.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and Deputy Minister of International Cooperation of Myanmar Hau Do Suan co-hosted the 9th annual political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level on December 28 via an online platform.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to join the international community in preventing and combating epidemics, including the current novel coronavirus pandemic, to build a better future for all, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam has been very successful in connecting ASEAN with the UN Security Council (UNSC), Ambassador Nathalie Estival-Broadhurst, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the UN, said while talking about Vietnam’s performance as a non-permanent member of the UNSC in 2020.

VOV.VN - Staff working at Vietnam's Level-2 field Hospital No. 3 are currently attending a training course to prepare for their participation in the UN’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on December 22 unanimously adopted Resolution 2559 to terminate the mandate of the joint UN-African Union (AU) Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID).

Vietnam and Indonesia have always been trustworthy and loyal friends amid various political fluctuations in the region and the world during their 65 years of diplomatic relations, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang told a meeting with local and international media agencies in Jakarta on December 22.