The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam and Vital Strategies on August 9 signed an agreement for a second phase of work under the Data for Health Initiative to continue supporting the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to improve civil registration and vital statistics.

ASEAN member countries on August 2 committed to maintaining nuclear weapon-free Southeast Asia and ensuring the right to using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes of countries.

Staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and their peers from India’s Level-2 Field Hospital have held an online joint training course on medical capacity and COVID-19 prevention and control.

VOV.VN - The nation hails contributions of the UN – African Union (AU) Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID) in ensuring security and protecting civilians in the Darfur region since the mission was established in 2007.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), underscored the nation’s solidarity, cooperation with and support for Cuba at a recent meeting held by the Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau (NAM-COB) at the UN on July 21.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), has emphasised the important role of humanitarian workers and UN staff in reducing humanitarian burdens and assisting people in the context of prolonged conflict which seriously threatens the life of civilians.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam held an online seminar on July 13 to discuss measures to strengthen the role of the media in promoting safe and equal migration.

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 Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on July 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political consultation between the two ministries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks on the evening of July 1 with his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz to share their experience in the ongoing COVID-19 fight in their respective nations and to discuss the possibility of co-operation in vaccine supply and production.