Sustainable peace secured only when the consequences of wars and conflicts resolved: Foreign minister Việt Nam, as the rotating President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for April, held a ministerial open debate late Thursday, focusing on “Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery”.

Perseverance, Partnership, Progress

One of the signature events during Viet Nam's presidency of the UN Security Council will be a high-level open debate on Mine Action on April 8, to be presided by Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh. On this occasion, UNDP Resident Representative would like to exclusively provide Việt Nam News an op-ed on the issue.

Bomb clearance efforts make life safer in war-ravaged Quảng Trị After finding unexploded bombs when he was digging the foundations of his new house last month, Tạ Thành Đạt knew what he had to do.

Việt Nam vows to do its best as UNSC President in April Việt Nam will strive to perform outstandingly as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) President in April, contributing to realising the foreign policy set by the 13th National Party Congress, the country's top diplomat has said.

Việt Nam supports comprehensive political solution in Libya: diplomat Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN, has reaffirmed Việt Nam’s support for a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned comprehensive political solution on the basis of respecting independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Libya.

Quảng Trị targets 3,000ha of land freed from UXO each year

The central province of Quảng Trị, the area most heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Việt Nam following the war with the US, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality to be safe from UXO accidents by 2025.

Japan provides non-refundable aid for seven projects The Japanese embassy in Việt Nam on Wednesday signed contracts to provide non-refundable aid worth over US$1.14 million for seven small-scale projects in 2020, which are under a non-refundable programme for Việt Nam at grassroot levels.

Four bombs safely removed from landslide sites in Quảng Trị Province Bomb squads from PeaceTrees Việt Nam (PTVN) have successfully removed four large devices that were exposed during the recent landslides and flooding in the districts of Hướng Hóa and Đắk Rông in Quảng Trị Province.

US and Việt Nam now can call each other friends: US Ambassador

The US-Việt Nam partnership is the strongest it has ever been, the US Ambassador to Việt Nam Daniel Kritenbrink said ahead of the 25th anniversary of two countries’ diplomatic ties. 

Unexploded ordnance survivors receive COVID-19 aid from international organisations More than 9,100 unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors and their families in central Quảng Bình and south-central Bình Định provinces on Tuesday received packages of food, masks and hand sanitisers from international organisations.