Sharing from Viet Nam
From humanitarian support and disaster relief to United Nations peacekeeping operations, the people of Viet Nam have created positive, effective, and sincere images in the eyes of international friends as well as in global missions.
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| Information Sharing Session Held to Discuss Potentials in Vietnam - Türkiye Relations |
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| The DHC6 VNT 777 seaplane of Viet Nam prepares for takeoff during the search for the missing Boeing 777-200 aircraft (flight number MH370) of Malaysia Airlines on March 8, 2014. (Photo: Vnexpress.net). |
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| On July 9, 2020, a shipment carrying 2 tons of antibacterial fabric masks and medical masks donated by Hanoi to New York was processed for customs clearance and handed over to the city by the Embassy of Viet Nam in the United States and the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs). |
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| A shipment of medical supplies, including 2 million medical masks, 200 ventilators, and 10 tons of disinfectant chemical Chloramine B from Viet Nam to help Laos respond to the Covid-19 pandemic was delivered to Wattay Airport (Vientiane, Laos) on May 4, 2021. (Photo: VOV). |
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| The Viet Nam People's Army forces search for victims in the rubble after the earthquake disaster in Hatay (Türkiye) on February 13, 2023. (Photo: VNA). |
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| Doctors of Viet Nam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 4 provide free medical examination and treatment to the people of South Sudan on February 26, 2023. (Photo: People's Army Newspaper). |
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| On April 6, 2023, at Hai Phong Port, Viet Nam handed over 5,000 tons of rice to the people of Cuba in the presence of the Cuban Ambassador to Viet Nam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen. (Photo: VTV). |
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| On March 4, 2024, the Viet Nam Engineering Unit constructed a clean water supply point to help the people of Abyei overcome the dry season. (Photo: UN Peacekeeping Engineering Unit). |
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| On April 5, 2025, the rescue team of the Ministry of National Defense of Viet Nam, performing an international mission in Myanmar, found and retrieved two more bodies of victims of the March 28, 2025 earthquake. (Photo: People's Newspaper). |
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| On August 13, 2025, in Hanoi, the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Red Cross Society, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations, the Viet Nam - Cuba Friendship Association, and relevant agencies, organized the national launching ceremony for the fundraising program supporting the people of Cuba, themed “65 years of Viet Nam - Cuba solidarity.” (Photo: VNA). |
 | UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Speaks Highly of Vietnam's UXO Clearance Efforts Speaking at a press briefing in Hanoi on June 13, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix commended Vietnam’s efforts in addressing post-war consequences and ... |
 | More than 200 Vietnamese Peacekeepers Set Off to UN Peace-keeping Mission On September 22 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of National Defense held a dispatch ceremony for the Level 2 Field Hospital No. 7 ... |
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