Vietnam highly values comprehensive partnership with the US, considering it one of the country’s top important partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper during a reception in Hanoi on November 20.
ASEAN defence ministers and their counterparts from China, Japan and the US held informal meetings on November 17, in the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 8th defence policy dialogue at deputy ministerial level between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea was held in Seoul on June 20 under the co-chair of Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and his RoK counterpart Park Jae-min.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh will also make clear relevant issues and answer questions raised by deputies in the final question-and-answer session at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 6.
Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich called on parties concerned to work together to solve disputes in peaceful atmosphere, with partnership spirit and for community responsibility while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2.
Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich attended a meeting between the US Secretary of Defence and ASEAN defence ministers on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31.
The National Assembly (NA) is set to consider the draft revised Law on Public Investment, the draft law on military reserve force, and the draft law on the entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens on May 28.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on May 27.
Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya agreed to continue pushing forward the effective and substantial development of bilateral defence ties during 2019 and following years during their talks in Hanoi on May 2.
The victory of the southwest border defence war has provided valuable lessons for Vietnam in the cause of national sovereignty protection, Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich has affirmed.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that despite coping with difficulties, the Party and State have always paid heed to building the modern regular army at a working session with the Defence Ministry in Hanoi on November 29.
The fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange, which took place on November 19 and 20, has been a success, said Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh.
Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe held talks in China’s Guangxi province on November 19, during which they reviewed the five years of border defence friendship exchange between the two countries.
Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich led a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army on November 19 began activities within the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange in Long Zhou district, Chong Zuo city, Zhuang Autonomous Region in China’s Guangxi province.
The VN-China border defence friendship exchange will take place in the northeast province of Cao Bang and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China from Nov. 19-20.
Minister of Defence Ngo Xuan Lich will lead the Vietnamese delegation to take part in the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and 5th ADMM-Plus in Singapore from October 18 to 20.
Delegations of ministries, agencies and organisations paid tribute to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Do Muoi was held at the National Funeral Hall Hanoi on October 6.
The year 2018 holds special significance for Vietnam – France relations, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Thiep said during a ceremony in Paris on September 19 marking the 73rd anniversary of National Day of Vietnam (September 2).