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Officers of Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 depart for the UN missions in Abyei and South Sudan, respectively, in late April 2022. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – An international workshop held in Hanoi on May 30 stressed the crucial role of female police officers in UN peacekeeping operations as well as the importance of promoting diversity in conflict settlement and post-conflict peace building. The event was organised by the People’s Security Academy and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) with support from the Canadian Government. It was part of a regional project named “Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace: Preventing Violence and Promoting Social Cohesion in ASEAN” funded by the Canadian and Republic of Korean governments. Vietnamese and foreign participants discussed measures for promoting female police officers ' engagement along with gender equality in UN peacekeeping operations. … [Read more...] about Workshop spotlights female police officers’ role in UN peacekeeping operations

A court in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam sentenced a 44-year-old local woman to a combined 20 months in prison on Tuesday after threatening to kiss a traffic policeman until her death. Nguyen Thi Ngan, a 44-year-old native of Thanh Hoa’s Ba Thuoc District, was found guilty of “resisting officers on duty” by various actions, including threatening to kiss a traffic policeman till her death, and “intentionally causing injuries to other people.” As per the indictment by the People’s Procuracy of Ba Thuoc, when Captain Bui Tuan Quy was filing a violation record on National Highway 217 at around 11:20 am on February 16 during the performance of his duty with a team of six officers, Ngan approached him, requesting a waiver for her daughter-in-law’s violation on failing to wear a crash helmet. When Quy declined Ngan’s request, she snatched and crumpled the violation record, repeatedly cursing the traffic police team. Ngan proceeded to lift her own T-shirt and slander … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, woman jailed after threatening to kiss traffic policeman till her death

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today: Politics -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pay an official visit to Vietnam from this weekend at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. -- The Indian government will cooperate with the Vietnam Yoga Federation in organizing the 2023 International Yoga Day across 22 provinces and cities in the Southeast Asian country at the end of June, as part of a range of cultural exchange, tourism, trade, and investment promotion events marking 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations, Dr. Madan Mohan Sethi, Consul General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Society -- A court in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam sentenced a 44-year-old local woman to 13 months’ imprisonment on Tuesday for “resisting officers on duty” by various actions, including threatening to kiss a traffic policeman to death. -- … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — May 31

A Vietcombank employee talks to a customer at its office. The bank's shares surged by 1.5 per cent yesterday, lifting the VN-Index. — Photo courtesy of Vietcombank The Vietnamese stock market inched higher on Tuesday, extending its rally for the second day in a row. However, gains were capped by strong net selling activities by foreign investors. The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) rose 3.07 points, or 0.29 per cent, to close the day at 1,078.05 points. It climbed more than 11.2 points, the biggest intraday gain in two weeks, on Monday thanks to the investor's improving risk appetite. Tuesday's rally helped push the index closer to the resistance level of 1,080 points, and may further test the zone of 1,085 - 1,090 points, according to ASEAN Securities Company. Similarly, analysts from Yuanta Securities (Vietnam) Company said that the benchmark was likely to retest the resistance zone of 1,080 - 1,085 points, and the market would continue its … [Read more...] about Market extends gain on positive sentiment

IOM’s Chief of Mission Park Mihyung (second from left) speaks at the workshop (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Vietnam Border Guard on May 30 held a workshop to launch the “Training Curriculum on Counter-Trafficking and Victim Protection” and to wrap up the project “Frontline training for Border Guards in Border Areas of Vietnam”, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Department of State. Participants at the workshop agreed that the Vietnam Border Guard plays an important role in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) and the provision of protection and support for trafficking victims. Overseeing 4,639km of land borders and 3,444km of coastlines, the Border Guard is at the forefront of cross-border crime prevention and control. After three years of implementation, the project has achieved a number of … [Read more...] about IOM helps improve border guards’ capacity of combating trafficking in persons