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Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, stressed the obligation of each and every State to solve disputes by peaceful means in accordance with international law while attending a UN Security Council debate on May 17.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is ready to further speed up the process to create a legally binding code of conduct (COC) in the East Sea with China.

Speaking at the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly on 24th September, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said, Vietnam has decided to present its candidacy for non-permanent membership of the Security Council for the term 2020-2021, and will continue to increase its participation in the UN Peacekeeping Operations.

In the evening of September 18 (local time), after 2 working days, the 17th summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) organized in Margarita, Venezuela has ended.

On September 17^th (Venezuela’s time), after the opening ceremony, participants of Non-Aligned Movement Summit start the first discussion.