The total elimination of nuclear weapons is the common interest of humankind and requires efforts and political determination of all countries, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, stressed at the second meeting of state parties to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Vietnam supports the international community's all efforts to accelerate comprehensive and complete disarmament, with the highest priority being the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang said at a discussion of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Disarmament and International Security (Committee 1) on October 8.
Vietnam has presented some proposals at the ongoing second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has reaffirmed ASEAN's support to efforts of the international community for a world without nuclear weapons.
The 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded in New York, the US, on August 26 night (local time), after nearly four weeks of working, during which Vietnam contributed to promoting the NPT’s role in global security.
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries on February 17 issued a statement showing their concern over the existential threat facing humanity posed by the existence and modernisation of nuclear weapons, highlighting that the total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only way to guarantee against their use and threat of use.
Vietnam consistently supports disarmament and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN), has said.
ASEAN supports international efforts in non-proliferation and disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and strictly adheres to related UN Security Council (UNSC)’s resolutions to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy said on October 9.
Vietnam affirmed its consistent support for the disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, along with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal at a meeting of the UN Security Council on June 30.
Over 277,700 signatures have been collected in Hanoi in the first phase of a campaign called “Appeal of the Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors)”, which calls for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
US negotiators are no longer demanding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) agree to disclose a full accounting of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes as part of the second summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, NBC News quoted incumbent and former US officials as saying.
Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev emphasised the need to recover the atmosphere of trust between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 27-28.
The adoption of the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the recent United Nations conference has great historical, ethical and legal meaning, sending out an important political message reiterating the determination and aspiration of people around the world to eliminate nuclear weapons, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.
Vietnam consistently supports efforts towards non-proliferation and general and complete disarmament, with highest priority given to weapons of mass destruction.