Keyword: "peacekeeping"

Regarding defence cooperation, Cuong stated that the field has received attention from both sides' leaders and has recorded positive outcomes.

The Vietnam-India Bilateral Exercise (VINBAX) is the most vivid testament to the increasingly substantive and effective collaboration between the two sides, especially as India is the only international partner to date to conduct such an exercise with Vietnam.

The event aimed to boost youth and women’s engagement, inspire the next generation, and honour women’s contributions as leaders in peacekeeping and national construction. It also sought to encourage young women to pursue leadership roles at home and abroad, including in UN peacekeeping operations.

The course, which will runs until November 14 at the department’s headquarters in Hanoi, is designed to provide fundamental knowledge and professional skills in UN peacekeeping for female officers from the Vietnam People’s Army and several other UN member countries.

The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s role, stature, prestige, as well as active and prominent contributions to the UN's common work in all the pillar areas, particularly its hosting of the Hanoi Convention signing ceremony and active participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

The re-election not only carries great symbolic value but also affirms the correct, proactive, and responsible foreign policy that Vietnam has been pursuing during its process of integration into the world.

Over the past one year, Engineering Unit Rotation 3 completed 110 orders, contributing to stable peacekeeping operations and improving the life of local communities in Abyei.

The members of Engineering Unit Rotation 4 were carefully selected from across the army for their strong political commitment. They were thoroughly briefed on the regulations of the UN and the mission, the host country’s laws, as well as the laws of Vietnam and the discipline of the Vietnam People’s Army.

Nearly half a century since officially joining the United Nations as its 149th member (20 September 1977 –2025), Vietnam has continuously affirmed its role as an active and responsible member. The country has taken part extensively in UN activities – from peacekeeping operations and development cooperation to addressing global challenges, thereby strengthening its standing, reputation, and image as a peace-loving, dynamic and integrating nation.

Ambassador Do Hung Viet described peacekeeping operations as one of the most concrete and visible manifestations of multilateralism, but stressed the need for reforms and more effective adaptation to evolving global challenges.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day (September 2), United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Atul Khare extended congratulations to the Vietnamese people and highlighted the country’s remarkable achievements over the past eight decades.

The red flag with a yellow star fluttered over Bangui (Central African Republic), as the stirring strains of the Vietnamese national anthem resounded, sung by Vietnamese peacekeeping officers and marking the opening of the ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2) at the MINUSCA Mission.

Given the rapid and complex changes in the global and regional context, Vietnam and Australia agreed to increase the exchange of views, further strengthen cooperation to cope with common challenges, accelerate the implementation of agreements, and explore new areas of cooperation.

This marks the second resolution on which Vietnam has successfully coordinated negotiations at the Fifth Committee of the UNGA's 79th session.

Vietnam is currently formulating a project to shorten the UXO clearance timeline to 35–40 years, aiming to render contaminated land safe to a depth of 0.5 metres by 2065. To support this, it is drafting a new ordinance on post-war UXO remediation and a national strategy on mine risk education.

Since June 2014, the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence has successfully deployed nearly 1,100 personnel to UN peacekeeping operations and the UN headquarters, in both individual and unit-based formats.

Most deputies agreed on the necessity of enacting the law to improve the legal framework for Vietnam’s involvement in UN peacekeeping missions.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to discuss cooperation between Vietnam and the UN in the field of peacekeeping.

In the past 80 years, the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has kept growing and playing a crucial role in Vietnam's national liberation, building and safeguarding, said Marcelo Rodríguez, head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Argentina (CPA).

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Military Attaché’s Office held a ceremony in New York on December 9 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22,1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024).