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In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Phung highlighted the positive contributions made by Vietnam’s peacekeeping force in UN missions. “Sending troops to join UN peacekeeping missions in Africa is the Vietnamese army’s contribution to maintaining sustainable peace in the world,” he emphasised, adding that all countries wish to protect their people from non-traditional challenges and enable them to live in safety. Vietnam’s peacekeeping initiatives have been commended by the UN and international friends, contributing to affirming its position and prestige in the region and the world, he added. Although Vietnam is quite new to peacekeeping missions, the country has made a positive impression on the international community, the UN, and the missions in South Sudan and the Central Africa Republic, Phung said. It has signed nine cooperative peacekeeping agreements with nine countries and two others with the UN and the EU, he said, describing the deals as helping promote bilateral defence cooperation with foreign countries. Some 126 doctors and medical staff and 53 officers of Vietnamese level-2 field hospitals have joined UN peacekeeping forces since 2014, and they have successfully fulfilled their tasks. The Under-Secretary General for Peace Operations and the Military Adviser to the UN Secretary General sent a thank you letter to the Vietnamese Government for its medical contributions to the UN. Besides carrying out its mission, Vietnam’s peacekeeping force has provided major support to local residents, such as teaching and taking care of kids and instructing people on how to plant vegetables, among other things. In particular, after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the world, making it harder to ensure sufficient medical supplies for hospitals, staff who returned home on furlough were assigned to bring back medicines and medical supplies when they returned, to serve COVID-19 prevention efforts in the host nation. Phung said the …

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Addressing the event, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son stressed that after 35 years of renewal, Vietnam has shown great ambition in becoming a developed high-income country by 2045. In the joint effort of the entire political system, the foreign affairs sector will play a pioneering role in connecting Vietnam with the world's major development trends and promoting comprehensive and extensive international integration. The conference consisted of three parts: digital transformation, the transition of growth model towards inclusivity, self-reliance, sustainable and green recovery orientations. During the event, delegates proposed suitable policies for Vietnam to help the country tap opportunities from major global trends, thus combining outside resources with internal strengths to make breakthroughs towards realizing its set goals. Translated by Song Anh …

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Over the past time, Factory Z121 has actively ensured resources for production and invested in new equipment, mechanized, and automated its production chains to raise productivity and the quality of its products. In addition, the factory produced defense products for training, combat readiness, and search and rescue missions of military units, contributing to the building of a gradually modernized army. The unit also manufactured dual-purpose products and other items for export. Speaking at the working session, General Phuong praised the efforts of the factory’s workers in carrying out missions, especially in production and trade activities and asked the unit to pay special attention to ensuring a safe working environment and raising workers’ skills. Translated by Tran Hoai …

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