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Vietnam joins virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting

Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) joined the virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM) on July 9.
Vietnam joins virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting ảnh 1A view of the virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM), which is held on July 9, on Vietnam's side. (Photo: bqp.vn)

Hanoi(VNA) – Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of theVietnam People’s Army (VPA) joined the virtual ASEAN Chiefs of ArmyMultilateral Meeting (ACAMM) on July 9.

The ACAMM,chaired by Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force Brigadier General Dato SeriPahlawan Awang Khairul Hamed bin Awang Haji Lampoh, gathered chiefs of armyfrom ASEAN member states to discuss response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his remarksat the event, Nghia spoke highly of the active role of the Royal Brunei LandForce as Chair of the ACAMM 2020.

He said sincethe COVID-19 broke out, the VPA has actively participated in the country’sefforts to contain the spread of the disease. The armed forces have turned its military bases across thecountry into quarantine camps for those who have returned from foreign countries, helped disinfectcoronavirus clusters; and tightened control of border checkpoints and areasalong the border, he noted.

Vietnam joins virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting ảnh 2Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), at this year's ACAMM. (Photo: bqp.vn)

The Vietnamesearmy has also successfully developed and produced testing kits for thecoronavirus, he added.

He went on tosay that Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence has actively advanced defencecooperation among ASEAN countries to make it in line with this year’s ASEANtheme “Cohesive and Responsive.”

The VPA hasalso ramped up experience sharing and promoted mutual supports on a bilateralbasis with other countries, such as Laos, Cambodia, China, Russia, Myanmar andCuba, Nghia said.

He expressedhis belief that with such goodwill and determination, the pandemic will soon bebrought under control regionally and globally.

The membercountries agreed that the next ACAMM will be also held online in November. Itwill be hosted by the Myanmar Army as ACAMM Chair 2021./.
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