Top ten events of Vietnam in 2018 selected by VNA
With 2018 drawing to a close, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) looks back at the ten most prominent events of Vietnam in the year.
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With 2018 drawing to a close, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) looks back at the ten most prominent events of Vietnam in the year.
Mobilising officers to take part in peacekeeping missions and deploying field hospitals in South Sudan in recent years have contributed to affirming Vietnam’s role in the activities of the UN.
A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence visited Cuba from November 25 to 28 to strengthen the friendship between the two countries, including between their armed forces.
The Defence Ministry on November 20 handed over to two officers the President’s decision to assign them to take on duty at the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
Vietnam commits to preventing and punishing all acts related to torture, contributing to the effective implementation of the UN Convention Against Torture in accordance with the country’s real situation, a senior police officer has said.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh received Mongolian Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Tsend Nyamdorj, who is on a working visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on October 15.
A vessel of the Royal Brunei Navy arrived at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang on October 2, beginning a three-day friendship visit to the central city.
Vietnam's participation in UN peacekeeping operations holds great international humanitarian significance and helps promote its image as a responsible member of the international community.
Vietnam’s first field hospital and military doctors are set for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in early October.
More than 1,000 former Vietnamese officers and soldiers from the central province of Thanh Hoa were awarded with the Order of the Lao President for their contributions to Laos’ national liberation struggle at a ceremony held in the locality on June 24.
A military delegation of Russia led by Lieut. Gen. Kuralenko Sergey Vasilievich, Deputy Commander-in-chief for Peacekeeping Operations of the Russian Ground Forces, visited the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department (VPD) in Hanoi on June 15.
Vietnam will provide all means for the enhancement of the Vietnam–Canada defence cooperation, President Tran Dai Quang told visiting Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan during their meeting in Hanoi on June 5.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich hosted an official welcome ceremony for and held talks with his Canadian counterpart Harjit Singh Sajjan in Hanoi on June 5.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich had bilateral meetings with defence officials of New Zealand, the UK and Singapore on June 1 on the sidelines of the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
President Tran Dai Quang and Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove have agreed to strengthen political and strategic trust between the two countries by enhancing the exchange of visits and meetings.
A Cuban delegation led by First Secretary of the National Committee of the Young Communist League (UJC) Susely Morfa González visited a relic site of the provisional revolutionary government of the Republic of South Vietnam in Cam Lo district, the central province of Quang Tri on May 20.
Australia has announced the ASEAN-Australia Defence Scholarship for 10 scholars from ASEAN member nations, including Vietnam, to complete a two-year ‘Master of Strategic Studies’ Post-graduates degree in Australia.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department needs to enhance research and improve training quality to prepare good personnel for the UN peacekeeping missions, firstly the deployment of the first level-2 field hospital in South Sudan this year.
