The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on October 1 at the Tan Son Nhat international airport to see off the first group of the nation’s level-2 field hospital to carry out peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. 

 Vietnam's participation in UN peacekeeping operations holds great international humanitarian significance and helps promote its image as a responsible member of the international community. 

The first group of 30 Vietnamese military doctors will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to take over a field hospital run by the United Kingdom, whose personnel are about to withdraw.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Nga has highlighted the outstanding outcomes of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working trip to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, the US, on September 27.

 The 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee will organise its eighth session from October 2-6.

 Foreign ministers (FMs) of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened an unofficial annual meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on September 29 assigned tasks to military doctors of Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital who will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to undertake the UN’s peacekeeping mission. 

 Foreign ministers (FMs) of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened an unofficial annual meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28.

 Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung stressed the need for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to continue fostering constructive cooperation and dialogue when attending the UNHRC’s 39th session which closed in Geneva on September 28.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa on September 29 chaired a regular meeting of the ASEAN Committee in The Hague (ACTH).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi in the morning of September 29, successfully wrapping up his working visit to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh engaged in a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the high-level general debate at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 

 Ship 015-Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam People’s Navy arrived at Yokosuka naval base in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture on September 27, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.

 Vietnam and the United Nations have inked a memorandum of understanding on Vietnam’s deployment of a field hospital to South Sudan.

 Leaders of foreign countries and international organisations have continued to offer condolences over the passing of President Tran Dai Quang to the Party, State, Government and people of Vietnam and his bereaved.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a seminar on investment attraction to Vietnam in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution with more than 40 leading businesses of the US in New York city on September 27.

Vietnamese PM addressed the High-level General Debate of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, calling on countries to continue highlighting the role of the UN and join hands for a world of peace, equality and sustainable development.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah on September 27 co-chaired the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday had separate meetings with President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York. 

People lined the streets to pay last respects to President Tran Dai Quang, as the hearse carrying the his coffin and accompanied vehicles were en route from Hanoi to Ninh Binh.