Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh signed the treaty last September, in the framework of the 72^nd UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting. Being one of the first countries to sign and ratify the treaty, Vietnam has shown its consistent policy for peace and supporting nuclear disarmament across the world.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has a historical significance, as this is the first international document comprehensively prohibiting the development, testing, producing, manufacturing, possessing and stockpiling nuclear weapons, as well as threatening to use them.