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Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh on March 14 received US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Samuel Perez, who is here for a working visit.
Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh onMarch 14 received US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State SamuelPerez, who is here for a working visit.

DeputyMinister Vinh spoke highly of the growing comprehensive partnership,including defence ties, between Vietnam and the US, adding that the twosides should exert more efforts to carry out contents of the 2011Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defence cooperation.

He asked the US to provide more assistance and share experience withVietnam in the building of a peacekeeping force and personnel training,while paying more attention to joint activities in mine clearance andovercoming war consequences.

The Vietnamese defenceofficial also suggested furthering the relations between the twocountries’ navies and marine police forces as well as cooperation in thesearch for missing-in-action (MIA) servicemen in Vietnam.

Perez thanked the Vietnamese government and army for facilitating theMIA search. He said the US will continue to recommend suitable models inmine clearance and peacekeeping force building to Vietnam.

The same day, Deputy Defence Minister Vinh also greeted AmbassadorStefano Toscano, Director of the Geneva International Centre forHumanitarian Demining (GICHD).-VNA
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