During the session on June 12 afternoon, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on Guards.

Vietnam and the Core Group countries promoting Resolution 78/268 of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly solemnly launched the first activities in celebration of International Day of Play on June 11, in New York.

Senior Lieutenant Colonel Truong Anh Tuan has been appointed as the 5th Vietnamese officer to serve at the United Nations (UN) headquarters, triumphing over fierce global competition.

The Vietnamese peacekeeping force at the UNISFA Mission in the Abyei region has been awarded the UN Peacekeeping Medal for its outstanding contributions.

President To Lam received the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) and the ambassadors and chargés d’affaires of EU member countries who came to pay a courtesy call on the new State leader of Vietnam in Hanoi on June 7.

Mr. Kin Moy, currently Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the US Ambassador to Vietnam.

The National Assembly on June 6 approved a resolution ratifying the appointment of Justice Minister Le Thanh Long as Deputy Prime Minister in the incumbent government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for the 2021-2026 term.

Vietnam on June 6 voiced its opposition to China’s geological survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 26’s illegal operations in Vietnamese waters and demanded China stop similar actions.

Vietnam has called on the United States to remove Cuba from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and lift its embargo against the Caribbean state.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang, Deputy Minister of Public Security, has got the nod from the National Assembly to become Minister of Public Security of Vietnam.

The 2023 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World continued to put forth a number of unobjective comments, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.

The total financial resources needed to develop the culture industry in 2025-2030 will be VND122.25 trillion, according to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang is taking part in activities within the framework of the 27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) which is getting underway in St. Petersburg, Russia, from June 5-8.

New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters arrived in Hanoi on June 5 for a two-day visit to Vietnam to outline new directions for cooperation between the two countries.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Hoang Xuan Chien is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) that opened in Singapore on May 31.

It imposed disciplinary measures against 68 Party organisations and 104 Party members including 20 officials under the management of the Party Central Committee.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on May 29 handed over the State President’s decisions to deploy two officers to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

Vietnam’s active engagement in the UN’s peacekeeping missions since 2014 has been an important policy of the Party and State during the nation’s international integration while reflecting its stature in the international community

Mori Takero, the newly appointed as Consul General of the Japanese consulate in Da Nang, aims to foster a closer relationship between Japan and Vietnam as well as connecting businesses and forming local partnerships.

Among 800 professional officers and soldiers deployed on UN peacekeeping missions were two engineering unit teams to Abyei, five teams of Level 2 Field Hospital personnel serving on the South Sudan mission, and 114 individual officers.