A high-level military delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh paid a three-day working visit to Germany from March 19.

Vinh held talks with Secretary of State of German Defence Ministry Ruediger Wolf and paid a courtesy visit to Germany Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere on March 21.

The two sides expressed their wishes to enhance bilateral army cooperation suitable to the two countries’ strategic partnership, focusing on maintaining annual deputy ministerial level dialogue mechanism, exchanging delegations, and training officers on languages.

They will also cooperate with and support each other at defence – security multilateral forms and mechanisms and during Vietnam’s preparation to take part in UN peace-keeping activities. Bilateral cooperation in the defence industry will be boosted as well.

They agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defence cooperation in the time to come.-VNA