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Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, hosted a reception for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo in Hanoi on November 10.

Respects were paid and memorial services held on October 22 for 22 officers and soldiers of Economic-Defence Army 337 of Military Region 4, who sacrificed their lives conducting flood response operations in central Quang Tri province. ​

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee have issued a special communiqué, announcing that former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu passed away at 2:52 on August 7, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

Seventy-three “The Fatherland Acknowledges the Merit” certificates were presented to families of war martyrs during a ceremony in the central province of Quang Nam on July 21.

The State of Vietnam, the State of Laos and the Kingdom of Cambodia have bestowed orders upon leaders of their defence ministries, along with several collectives and individuals of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), in recognition of their contributions to the three countries’ relations.

The Ministry of Defence on November 19 held a ceremony to send 29 staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 to South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission.

Young officers of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the Philippine armed forces gathered at an activity in Hanoi on November 18 to share experience and enhance exchange.

The Ministry of Defence on November 19 held a ceremony to send 29 staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 to South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission.

A ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Vietnamese volunteers and experts in Laos was held in Hanoi on Oct. 29.

Deputy Directors of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Tran Quang Phuong and Do Can have been promoted from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General.

General Luong Cuong, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission’s standing board, and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, on October 22 held talks with visiting Sen. Lieut. Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, Russian Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces.

The chiefs of the general staffs of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) highlighted the fruitful defence cooperation between the two countries and agreed to enhance the partnership during talks in Hanoi on September 16.

A group of Australian veterans on September 10 handed over a database to Vietnam to help locate the remains of about 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers of both front lines who are still missing.

Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), received Maj. Gen. Bunlieng Sengphachan, head of the internal protection division under the General Department of Politics of the Lao People’s Army, in Hanoi on August 13.

More than 100 senior military officers of Cambodia visited Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 20 to mark 42 years of “the path to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime”.

The General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and the Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Rusian Armed Forces have signed a letter of intent and assigned relevant agencies of the two sides to build a Memorandum of Understanding on the bilateral cooperation.

General Luong Cuong, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Central Military Commission, and Director of the Vietnam People’s Army’s General Department of Politics, is paying official visits to Russia and Belarus from June 18-26.

Vietnam attaches importance to its friendship and cooperation with China, a Vietnamese officer has said.

Young military officers of Vietnam and Laos met in Hanoi on June 12 at a seminar to seek measures to strengthen their all-round cooperation for maintaining and developing the relationship between the two countries and militaries.

A solemn celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Traditional Day of Truong Son Army Corps took place in Nghe An province on May 9.