Vietnam’s defence ministry and people’s army strongly support its airand air defence force playing an active role in all bilateral andmultilateral military cooperation within the ASEAN framework, includingbetween ASEAN and other outside partners, to maintain peace andsustainable development in Southeast Asia .
This was stated by Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Nguyen ChiVinh in his speech to the seventh ASEAN Air force Commanders’Conference (AACC-7), which opened in Hanoi on August 20.
Cooperationbetween ASEAN member countries has been expanded to cover every fieldto meet each country’s socio-economic development needs. Vinh stressedthat cooperation in defence and military matters has helped to createconfidence and reinforce unity within the group.
He confirmedthat that defence-military cooperation is entering a new phase and islooking for more practical ways of dealing with security challenges,particularly newly-arising non-traditional cross-border issues.
Onaddressing the event, the commander of Vietnam ’s air and airdefence force, Lieutenant General Le Huu Duc, commented that there is alot of potential for ASEAN air forces to work together or share theirexperiences and specialised skills in various areas.
He notedthat ASEAN air forces should consider boosting cooperation inspecialised areas, such as flight safety, search and rescue activitiesand humanitarian and natural disaster relief missions.
Morecooperation between ASEAN air forces will enhance and bolster ASEAN’sdefence-military ties towards the establishment of the ASEANPolitics-Security Community by 2015, stressed Duc.
At theconference, the Vietnam air and air defence force proposedorganising exchanges between young ASEAN air force officers to promotesolidarity, friendship and mutual understanding and to work out specificjoint activities in the future./.
This was stated by Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Nguyen ChiVinh in his speech to the seventh ASEAN Air force Commanders’Conference (AACC-7), which opened in Hanoi on August 20.
Cooperationbetween ASEAN member countries has been expanded to cover every fieldto meet each country’s socio-economic development needs. Vinh stressedthat cooperation in defence and military matters has helped to createconfidence and reinforce unity within the group.
He confirmedthat that defence-military cooperation is entering a new phase and islooking for more practical ways of dealing with security challenges,particularly newly-arising non-traditional cross-border issues.
Onaddressing the event, the commander of Vietnam ’s air and airdefence force, Lieutenant General Le Huu Duc, commented that there is alot of potential for ASEAN air forces to work together or share theirexperiences and specialised skills in various areas.
He notedthat ASEAN air forces should consider boosting cooperation inspecialised areas, such as flight safety, search and rescue activitiesand humanitarian and natural disaster relief missions.
Morecooperation between ASEAN air forces will enhance and bolster ASEAN’sdefence-military ties towards the establishment of the ASEANPolitics-Security Community by 2015, stressed Duc.
At theconference, the Vietnam air and air defence force proposedorganising exchanges between young ASEAN air force officers to promotesolidarity, friendship and mutual understanding and to work out specificjoint activities in the future./.
