Over 60 defence officials from 10 ASEAN countries met in the capital city of Hanoi on April 1 to prepare for the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) scheduled to take place at the end of this month.

The gathering, best known as the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG), is tasked with completing and submitting to ADSOM for approval a working agenda for the 4th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-4)./.