The UN peacekeeping sapper units of Vietnam and Japan have been exchanging experiences under a programme that officially kicked off in Hanoi on August 21.
More than 1,000 former Vietnamese officers and soldiers from the central province of Thanh Hoa were awarded with the Order of the Lao President for their contributions to Laos’ national liberation struggle at a ceremony held in the locality on June 24.
A military delegation of Russia led by Lieut. Gen. Kuralenko Sergey Vasilievich, Deputy Commander-in-chief for Peacekeeping Operations of the Russian Ground Forces, visited the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department (VPD) in Hanoi on June 15.
Vietnam will provide all means for the enhancement of the Vietnam–Canada defence cooperation, President Tran Dai Quang told visiting Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan during their meeting in Hanoi on June 5.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich hosted an official welcome ceremony for and held talks with his Canadian counterpart Harjit Singh Sajjan in Hanoi on June 5.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich had bilateral meetings with defence officials of New Zealand, the UK and Singapore on June 1 on the sidelines of the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
President Tran Dai Quang and Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove have agreed to strengthen political and strategic trust between the two countries by enhancing the exchange of visits and meetings.
A Cuban delegation led by First Secretary of the National Committee of the Young Communist League (UJC) Susely Morfa González visited a relic site of the provisional revolutionary government of the Republic of South Vietnam in Cam Lo district, the central province of Quang Tri on May 20.
Australia has announced the ASEAN-Australia Defence Scholarship for 10 scholars from ASEAN member nations, including Vietnam, to complete a two-year ‘Master of Strategic Studies’ Post-graduates degree in Australia.
Vietnam and Australia are expected to elevate their relations to a strategic partnership during the upcoming official visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as a result of long-standing and sound partnership over the past more than four decades.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department needs to enhance research and improve training quality to prepare good personnel for the UN peacekeeping missions, firstly the deployment of the first level-2 field hospital in South Sudan this year.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming official visit to Australia in March will set up an important milestone in the relations between the two nations, creating a solid foundation to raise the bilateral ties
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her Mongolian counterpart Miyegombo Enkhbold have agreed to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation in politics and security-defence, towards further deepening bilateral ties.
The Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has formed the basis to elevate the bilateral defence ties to a new height in a more practical and effective manner, said Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army.
A mobile training team from the Indian Army is visiting Vietnam to help train Vietnamese sappers for UN peacekeeping missions.
A delegation of young officers from the Vietnam People’s Army, led by lieutenant colonel Tran Viet Nang, is attending an exchange with their Chinese peers in Beijing from November 19 to 25.
A delegation of young officers from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) joined an exchange with staff, lecturers and students of an officer training school for the Royal Cambodian Army on November 20.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has coordinated with Military Hospital 175 and partners from Australia and the US to open a training course on first aid for officers and nurses at the second-level field hospital.
