Deputy Defense Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted Chinese Defense Attaché to Vietnam Colonel Pan Tao in Hanoi on March 28.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat.

Vietnam’s second sapper unit for United Nations peacekeeping operations stepped out at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defense in Hanoi on December 27.

Vietnam’s continuous deployment and increase of personnel to UN peacekeeping operations have recorded encouraging results, leaving good impression on UN leaders, commanders of missions, and leaders of host countries.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 19 attended a get-together held by the Air Defense-Air Force to mark the 50th anniversary of the "Dien Bien Phu in the air" victory in 1972.

Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam received a delegation of the US National League of Families of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) in Hanoi on December 12.

Vietnam’s military forces, with a high rate of female officers and soldiers participating in UN peacekeeping operations, have demonstrated professionalism, discipline and international solidarity, especially the ability to quickly adapt to harsh environments and complete the UN’s requests, the Ministry of National Defense has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with martyr remains search and repatriation teams in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27 on the occasion of the 75^th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947-2022).

The Prime Minister has recently asked for urgent measures to protect wild and migratory birds in Vietnam as the country is considered one of the most important areas along migration routes of migratory and endemic birds.

The revised law on radio frequencies aims to strictly manage and effectively allocate the right to use radio frequencies, and create a healthy competitive environment for telecommunications activities, an official of the Ministry of Information and Communications has said.