The 10th Strategic Diplomacy-Defence Dialogue between Viet Nam and Australia took place in Canberra on August 5.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Ha Noi on July 22 to present decisions of the State President and the Minister of National Defence to three officers who are about to depart for duties at the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Abyei.

A Vietnamese police officer’s patrol scheduling software, which he developed during his UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, has been put into use and praised by colleagues

This marks the second resolution on which Viet Nam has successfully coordinated negotiations at the Fifth Committee of the UNGA's 79th session.

Viet Nam is currently formulating a project to shorten the UXO clearance timeline to 35–40 years, aiming to render contaminated land safe to a depth of 0.5 metres by 2065. To support this, it is drafting a new ordinance on post-war UXO remediation and a national strategy on mine risk education.

UN Under-Secretary General Jean-Pierre Lacroix on June 13 commended Viet Nam’s increasingly active and effective engagement in peacekeeping operations and reiterated his consistent support for the country's efforts to enhance its cooperation with the UN in this field.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son highlighted Vietnam’s readiness to further contribute to United Nations peacekeeping operations, while meeting visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in Hanoi on November 25.