Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Ngo Minh Tien and Political Commissar of the National Defence Academy under the Ministry of National Defence Luong Dinh Hong, have been promoted from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on April 21 hosted a ceremony to launch an emulation movement among the staff of the first engineering team and the level-2 field hospital No. 4 before they are deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission.
The Vietnam Women's Museum in Hanoi held a ceremony to receive materials and objects donated by female officers of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on April 20.
The National Private Economic Development Research Board and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City have launched an initiative to develop a chief information officer network for the wood and wood processing industry to foster its digital transformation.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on April 14 held an opening ceremony for its second training course for UN staff officers with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).
The Government Committee for Religious Affairs has pointed out the need to tighten the management of religious dignitaries and officials in the face of recent law and religious rule violations by some Buddhist monks.
A delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) on February 27 attended an international maritime seminar that was part of the multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2022 in India, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported.
Vessels Hatakaze and Inazuma of the training squadron of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force arrived at Tien Sa Port on February 24 morning, beginning a visit to the central city of Da Nang.
The Ministry of National Defence on January 28 handed over the President’s decisions to seven officers who will be sent to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a mission established by the UN Security Council in 2011 for peacekeeping in Sudan.
A delegation of the High Command of the Naval Region 2 paid an early Tết visit to officers and soldiers on duty on DK1 Platforms. Over the past more than three decades, those stationed at DK1 platforms have contributed to marine economic activities and the safeguarding of national sovereignty over seas and islands.
A delegation of the High Command of the Naval Region 2 on January 19 paid a visit to officers and soldiers on duty on DK1/10 Platform on Ca Mau Shoals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, the last stop in the delegation’s trip to DK1 platforms on the occasion of the approaching lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a working visit to the Political Officers College of the Ministry of National Defence on December 19 on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Vietnam People’s Army (December 22) and the 32nd year of All-People Defence Festival (December 22).
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) on November 22 presented the President’s decisions to assign 12 officers, including two females, to South Sudan and the Central African Republic to work for the United Nations peacekeeping missions there.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has affirmed peacekeeping continues to be an important tool to maintain international peace and security, and the UN police (UNPOL) have well done their assigned tasks and closely coordinated with military and civil units of the mission amidst escalating challenges.
Many foreign-invested enterprises tend to bring their own workers to Vietnam for work, particularly for management positions, due to the high requirements for qualifications, expertise and skills, especially differences in language and culture.
With standout contributions to United Nations’ peacekeeping missions over the past seven years, the Vietnam Centre for Peacekeeping, now the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, has helped improve the profile and role of Vietnam’s military and Vietnam as a whole in the international arena.
At about 11:30 a.m., a pickup truck appeared at the checkpoint, carrying many meals in foam boxex. The driver told soldiers and officers at the checkpoint that he wanted to "support" them.
Vietjet Air flights on September 6 carried nearly 1,000 public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Military Medical University on August 23 held a ceremony to send 1,096 more medical military officers and students to the south to help Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities fight against COVID-19.