Project on organising Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024 promoted
Hanoi (VNA) - The steering committee for developing a project on organising the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024 (Vietnam Defence 2024) convened a meeting on May 24 in Hanoi, with Deputy Minister of National Defence and committee head Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien on the chair.
Chien highlighted the significance of the expo, saying that it is a practical event to concretise Vietnam’s policy and direction of international integration and defence diplomacy, importantly contributing to promoting trade connection, supporting military enterprises in seeking and expanding international cooperation and promoting defence industry development in the country.
He said that it is necessary to learn experiences from the organisation of the Vietnam Defence
2022 and establish an organisation board of the expo to clearly determine the
type of exhibition and diversify the types of weapons and products displayed at
the event.
Addressing the event, Deputy Chief of the General
Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Phung Si Tan, who is also deputy head of the Steering Committee and head of the expo’s organisation board, said
the event should to educate people about national defence and security and
promote national defence and economic development.
He
asked relevant agencies and units of the Ministry of Defence to closely
coordinate to soon complete the project on schedule.
Participants proposed options on the time, place and
scale of the event./.