A high-ranking delegation of Vietnam ’s Defence Ministry led by Minister Phung Quang Thanh is on a working visit to Singapore for the 9 th Asian Security Summit or Shangri-La 9.

On the afternoon of June 3, Minister Thanh visited the submarine rescue ship of the Singaporean Navy and the Information Fusion Centre (IFC). Founded in April 2009, the IFC is run by a group of naval officers of Singapore and many other countries.

The centre was set up to collect and share maritime information with the naval force, legal enforcement agencies and companies in order to reduce security risks such as terrorism and piracy.

At present, the IFC has connected with the naval forces in 27 countries, including Vietnam . Singapore has earlier asked Vietnam to join the IFC’s management board./.