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Workshop on countering proliferation financing

From 22 to 23 January 2025, a workshop on countering proliferation financing was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and attended by 28 delegates…

Vietnamese delegation attends face-to-face meeting with the FATF Joint Group on the third national progress report in the Philippines

From 14 to 16 January 2025, in the Philippines, the Vietnamese delegation attended a face-to-face meeting with the Joint Group (JG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to discuss the third progress report on the…

Results of countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in 2024 and orientations and tasks for 2025

In 2024, the global and regional security and political situation evolved rapidly, in complex and unpredictable ways; the armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, between Israel and Hamas, and between Israel and…

Strengthening inter-agency coordination in the investigation and prosecution of United Nations sanctions evasion

From 10 to 11 December 2024, a workshop on strengthening inter-agency coordination in the investigation and prosecution of United Nations sanctions evasion was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Figure 1. Participants in…

29th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP29)

The 29th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP29) took place from 25 to 29 November 2024 in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Vietnamese delegation comprised…

Ministry of National Defence delegation meets the Global Programme against Money Laundering of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

As part of its visit and working programme in Vietnam, on the morning of 22 November 2024, the Global Programme against Money Laundering (GPML) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), led by Mr David…

2024 training course on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction for the Vietnam Border Guard and the Vietnam Coast Guard

On 28 and 29 October 2024, the Chemical Corps – Standing Office of Vietnam's National Focal Point for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (Standing Office 81) – held the 2024 “Training course on…

Fourth Dialogue on Export Control Governance

On 8 and 9 October 2024, the workshop “Fourth Dialogue on Export Control Governance” (the Workshop), organised by the European Union's Export Control Programme for Dual-Use Goods (EU P2P), took place in Brussels…

Annual Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering

From 22 to 27 September 2024, the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG 2024) took place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Vietnamese delegation at APG 2024 in the UAE The Annual…

Third workshop on the draft Law on Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

From 16 to 18 September 2024, in Hanoi, the Chemical Corps – Standing Office of Vietnam's National Focal Point for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (Standing Office 81) – in cooperation with…

Strategic Trade Management Conference in the Philippines

The 2024 Strategic Trade Management Conference took place from 9 to 12 September 2024 in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It was co-hosted by the United States and the host country, the Philippines, and attended…

Vietnamese delegation attends face-to-face meeting with the FATF Joint Group

On 4 and 5 September 2024, in Hong Kong, China, the Vietnamese delegation attended a face-to-face meeting with the Joint Group (JG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to discuss the progress report on the…