HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): The 27th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was held in Abidjan city of Ivory Coast from Aug 9-27 in both in-person and online formats, during which Vietnam was elected as a member of the UPU Postal Operations Council (POC).
Ambassador Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation, and other international organisations in Geneva, who directly attended the event, said Việt Nam ran for the seat at and was elected to the office for the first time.