Viet Nam and Canada on June 22 opened a United Nations Staff Officer Course (UNSOC) at the headquarters of the Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence.

The United Nations Staff Officers Course (UNSOC) organised by the Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of Defence has been officially recognised by the UN as meeting its pre-deployment training standards, the department reported.

Viet Nam has reaffirmed its growing credibility and leadership in United Nations peacekeeping training in the region with the launch of the United Nations Staff Officer Course 2026 (UNSOC 2026), supported by Canada.

The Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence, in coordination with the New Zealand Embassy in Viet Nam, held an exchange in Ha Noi on October 13 to share experience between the two countries on psychological support for military personnel participating in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.

Women’s participation in peacekeeping operations was the main focus of a conference jointly held by the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence and the Defence Attaché Office of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi on November 3.

A training course for United Nations military observers is underway with support from the United States’ Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).