Personnel training a strategic issue in Vietnam - Lao defence ties: official

Lt. Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received visiting Maj. Gen. Keosouvan Inthavongsa, Director of the Kaysone Phomvihane National Defence Academy of Laos, in Hanoi on July 25.

Lt. Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh (R) and Maj. Gen. Keosouvan Inthavongsa at the meeting in Hanoi on July 25. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Lt.Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’sArmy, received visiting Maj. Gen. Keosouvan Inthavongsa, Director of the KaysonePhomvihane National Defence Academy of Laos, in Hanoi on July 25.

Binh highly valued the fruitfuland substantive cooperation between the National Defence Academy of Vietnam andits Lao counterpart, stressing that personnel training is always a strategicand long-term issue in bilateral defence ties, reported the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’sArmy) daily.

He asked the two academies tokeep close coordination to effectively carry out cooperation activities, with afocus on maintaining mutual visits and improving training quality.

For his part, Inthavongsathanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence for creating favourableconditions for the academies’ cooperation.

Informing his host of theoutcomes of his delegation’s meeting with the Vietnamese academy, he emphasisedthat the two sides will continue enhancing result-oriented relations so as tocontribute to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensivecooperation between the two Parties, States, armies, and peoples./.
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