VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence hosted a ceremony on September 24 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi to see off 247 Vietnamese officers who will carry out UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Abyei area.

VOV.VN - As many as 247 Vietnamese officers have set off for UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Abyei.

As tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon escalate, the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has issued security and safety recommendations for the Vietnamese community residing, working, and studying in the country.

Major General Huynh Dac Huong, head of the national liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts helping Laos is leading a delegation on a visit to Laos from September 22-26, at an invitation of the country’s Ministry of National Defence.

VOV.VN - Lotte Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) announced on September 24 that it will donate KRW160 million, equal to about VND3 billion, to support the northern Vietnamese provinces to overcome the aftermath of typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - As many as 700 women have worn Ao Dai (traditional long dress) and Non La (palm-leaf conical hat), forming the iconic Hanoi Flag Tower, recognised as the largest of its kind in the nation by the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings).

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on September 23 (local time) met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network and Vietnamese experts in the US, as part of his US trip for the 79th UN General Assembly's high-level week in New York.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 23 issued an urgent notice advising Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon to leave the country in the context of conflict escalations and risk expansion in the region.

Vietnam and Cuba share a special and historic relationship, and the upcoming state visit of Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam to Cuba will mark another significant milestone in their close ties, remarked Luis Enrique González Acosta, President of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with the foreign ministers of Cuba, Latvia, and Uzbekistan and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future and the high-level general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).