Vietnam, Australia enhance defence cooperation

(Bqp.vn) - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang held phone talks with his Australian counterpart Peter Dutton on November 8.

Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan receives Indonesian Defence Attaché to Vietnam

(Bqp.vn) - Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception for outgoing Indonesian Defence Attaché to Vietnam Colonel Ilham Army Ritonga and his successor Colonel Dian Tri Hutanto in Hanoi on November 8.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien meets Minister with Responsibility for Remembrance and French Veterans

(Bqp.vn) - On November 4, 2021, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defence Minister held talks with Ms. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister with Responsibility for Remembrance and French Veterans. This is one of the important activities of the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence on the sidelines of the official visit to France by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Defence leader receives Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam

(Bqp.vn) - Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio on October 29.

ASEAN Summits and related summits conclude

(Bqp.vn) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other ASEAN leaders attended the closing ceremony of the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and related summits on October 28.

ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group meeting held online

(Bqp.vn) - The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) meeting was held virtually on October 25. Mr. Haji Adi Ihram Bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Deputy Permanent Secretary in charge of Policy and Strategy at the Ministry of Defence, Brunei Darussalam’s ADSOM WG Leader, chaired the event. Senior Colonel Vu Thanh Van, Director of the Foreign Relations Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, Head of the Vietnamese delegation attended the meeting.

Vietnam, Indonesia hold second defence policy dialogue

(Bqp.vn) - Vietnam and Indonesia held the second defence policy dialogue virtually on October 14. The event was co-chaired by Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defence Minister, and Lieutenant General Donny Ermawant Taufanto, Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defence of Indonesia.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien receives Ukraine Defence Attaché to Vietnam

(Bqp.vn) - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defence Minister, hosted a reception for outgoing Ukraine’s Defence Attaché to Vietnam Colonel Kuzmenko Sergii Mykolaiovich and his successor Colonel Sotnichenko Dmytro Viktorovych in Hanoi on October 14.

Promoting defence-military cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia

(Bqp.vn) - On September 29, the 4th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Defence-Military Cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia took place online under the co-chair of Senior Colonel Vu Thanh Van, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and Brigadier General Kustono, Assistant of Deputy Commander of the Indonesian National Army. The event was to prepare for the 2nd Vietnam - Indonesia Defence Policy Dialogue that would be held in October 2021.

Vietnam, Republic of Korea enhances defence cooperation

(Bqp.vn) - Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang on September 16 hosted a reception for Korean Deputy Defence Minister Park Jae-min who came to Vietnam to attend the 9th Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) Defence Policy Dialogue.