Politics

Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Canada’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Morgan on Thursday co-chaired the online 2nd Việt Nam - Canada political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level. — VNA/VNS Photo  … [Read more...] about VN, Canada hold deputy foreign ministerial-level political consultation

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is willing to share its experience in preventing and combating the COVID-19 pandemic with South Africa via online conferences as it has done with medical military forces of some countries recently, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, told his South African counterpart Thabang Makwetla. During his phone talks with the South African Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans on July 9, Vinh stressed the importance of international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic. He briefed on Vietnam’s efforts in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus, noting that thanks to the involvement of the whole political system, with the army playing a core role, Vietnam has successfully controlled the epidemic. The Vietnamese official also shared COVID-19 prevention results of Vietnam’s UN peacekeeping forces in the UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa, especially efforts and active response made by … [Read more...] about Vietnam willing to share anti-coronavirus experience with South Africa

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Anh Tuan suggested the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry help speed up the organisation of a political consultation between the two countries, the 15th meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation, and the 17th meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Military Technical Cooperation. … [Read more...] about ASEAN, Ukraine heighten multi-faceted collaboration

Geneva (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai on July 9 met with Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong and handed over medical masks which are a gift from the country’s National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan for the IPU Secretariat. During the meeting at the IPU headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), Ambassador Mai, who is head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations there, affirmed that the Vietnamese NA attaches importance to the IPU’s role and activities in promoting parliamentary diplomacy. It also highly values the Secretary General’s contributions to the IPU, especially the IPU Secretariat’s activities to support the implementation of the union’s strategies and programmes and enhance the IPU-UN cooperation and partnership, thereby helping to promoting parliaments and parliamentarians’ role and voice in … [Read more...] about Medical masks from Vietnamese NA presented to IPU Secretariat

Hanoi (VNA) - Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, asked the UN on July 10 to offer support to peacekeepers whose missions were extended due to COVID-19, including those from Vietnam, during a virtual meeting with Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary General for Field Support. Vinh highlighted Vietnamese peacekeepers’ COVID-19 relief efforts in Africa, saying they have also helped local children study and taught local people about good personal hygiene to prevent the transmission of the disease. The force has also produced and given away face masks to international colleagues and local citizens to fight the pandemic, he added. The official said Vietnam is actively preparing for the third Level-2 field hospital to replace the one in South Sudan. Khare, for his part, congratulated Vietnam on its success in containing the virus, saying he also appreciated the hospital’s contributions to the local coronavirus response. He said he expects Vietnam will … [Read more...] about Deputy Defence Minister holds virtual meeting with UN Under-Secretary General