NDO/VNA – Sen. 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. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam backs preventive diplomatic measures and early warnings to prevent and solve conflicts in countries in West Africa and the Sahel, affirmed Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the United Nations. 

NDO/VNA – Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed issues regarding the relations between the two nations during their phone talks on July 9. 

NDO/VNA - Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Canada’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Morgan on July 9 co-chaired the 2nd Vietnam - Canada political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level, which was held in the video conference format. 

NDO – Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong on July 8 handed over Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh’s decision to appoint Miguel Angel Landeros Voquart, Vice President of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade (COMCE), as Vietnam’s Honorary Consul in Guadalajara, in charge of the states of Jalisco and Colima, for the 2020-2023 tenure. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 8 extended sympathies to his Japanese counterpart Abe Shinzo over human and material losses caused by torrential downpours on Kyushu island.  

NDO/VNA - Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong received Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio in Hanoi on July 8 on the occasion of the start of his tenure in Vietnam. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a congratulatory message to Ukhnaagin Khurelsukh on his re-election as Prime Minister of Mongolia. 

NDO – In the first half of 2020, the world faced numerous challenges. In particular, the “double crisis” of the COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected all aspects of international life. In the first stage of its 2020-2021 tenure, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Vietnam has made a strong impression with its proactiveness and contribution to common work, thereby reaffirming the strong position of the country. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam always pays attention to and prioritises protecting children's rights in armed conflicts, said Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Vietnamese delegation in Geneva.