Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai hosted a reception on July 5 for visiting Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Executive Secretary of its Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.

VOV.VN - Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play a significant role in transforming ASEAN towards a circular economy and prepare the region for a sustainable future.

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to promoting substantive dialogue and effective cooperation with all member states and human rights mechanisms of the United Nations at the interactive dialogue on the annual report of the UNHCR on June 20.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Trang Nguyet Minh has become the first local beauty to win the Miss Teen Grand International 2023 crown following the conclusion of the global pageant on June 18 in Cambodia.

VOV.VN - Both sides have agreed that economic-trade cooperation is one of the pillars of cooperative ties between the two countries on the basis of mutual benefit and development.

The Ministry of National Defence held the first meeting of the Steering Committee for making a proposal on the building of a law on participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Hanoi on June 9.

VOV.VN - Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay praised Vietnam as a responsible member and one of the pioneering countries in carrying out UNESCO programmes and activities during a recent meeting with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Paris.

The 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnership for sustainable development was held on June 2 evening in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The UN General Assembly on June 1 elected Ambassador Dennis Francis, permanent representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN Office, as new President of the 78th UN General Assembly representing the Latin American Group.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, chaired an ambassadorial-level meeting of the 12 founding countries of the Group of Friends on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in New York on May 31 to review their past activities and launch future tasks.