ASEAN Foreign Ministers' statement on the importance of maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia

ASEAN among Việt Nam's top foreign policy priorities Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, Chair of Việt Nam’s ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), granted an interview to the media for the country’s 25th anniversary of ASEAN membership, on the important benefits that Việt Nam has enjoyed from the ASEAN Community and how it intends to contribute to the association.

Together for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Việt Nam’s accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh pens an article reflecting on the achievements Việt Nam and ASEAN have made over the past 25 years

ASEAN peacekeeping centres look to boost ties in COVID-19 response A video conference of the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) was held by the Việt Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) in Hà Nội on Thursday, focusing on ways to enhance cooperation among the network’s members in COVID-19 response.

Deputy Defence Minister holds virtual meeting with UN Under-Secretary General

Lt Gen Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, asked the United Nations on Friday to offer support to peacekeepers whose missions were extended due to COVID-19, including those from Việt Nam, during a virtual meeting with Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support

VN, Canada hold deputy foreign ministerial-level political consultation

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 2nd Việt Nam - Canada political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level, which was held via video conference.

ASPC 17 calls for solving regional issues by peaceful measures

Deputy Minister of National Defence of Việt Nam, Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, has called nations to co-operate, build trust and express goodwill to resolve all issues in the region based on international law and by means of peace.

Việt Nam stresses co-operation against pandemic at ADSOM+

The video conference, chaired by Việt Nam, featured top defence official from the other nine ASEAN countries, eight partner countries including Russia, China, the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India as well as representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat.

Việt Nam prioritises defence-security co-operation in ASEAN The dialogue aimed to promote defence co-operation within ARF in response to COVID-19 and make preparations for the 17th ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC) to take place on July 8.

Conference for regional, international defence officials held in Hà Nội

The Ministry of National Defence held a video conference of the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus Working Group (ADSOM+ WG) in Hà Nội on Tuesday.