Major General Bui Trung Dung, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard, is joining coast guard leaders from 57 countries and eight international organisations at the 2nd Coast Guard Global Summit in Tokyo on November 20-21.
Two Singaporean citizens were charged on July 5 over flying drones without a permit near an airbase, which is the first prosecution of its kind in Singapore.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on December 5 afternoon left Busan to Seoul, the capital city of the Republic of Korea, continuing her official visit to the country.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has nominated Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto to be the new head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to replace general Gatot Nurmantyo, who is due to retire in April 2018.
The UK’s Financial Times on November 8 published an article lauding preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week by Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang.
Representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence and Air Defense - Air Force signed a deal on August 9 to hand over 12.7 hectares of land, which had been cleaned up from dioxin contamination at Da Nang airport, to the Ministry of Transport for management.
Indonesia deployed Sukhoi fighters on June 18 at a base in the northern island of Borneo to strengthen security in case Islamist militants in the Philippines try to flee southwards.
The Malaysian Air Force on June 15 announced that two pilots of the missing military aircraft Hawk 108 have died after falling into a swamp in a forest.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 29 transferred two more FA-50 PH fighter jets to the Philippine military, bringing its total number of fighter jets to eight.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the US not to store weapons in military camps in the Philippines under the two countries’ Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement signed in 2014.
Indonesia has decided to increase its defence budget to 108.7 trillion IDR (8.25 billion USD), up nearly 10 percent against this year’s initial set budget.
Vietnam and the US have issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of the visit by US President Barack Obama to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.
US Ambassador Ted Osius and Senior Lieut General Nguyen Chi Vinh, the Deputy Minister of National Defence, announced on May 3 the successful treatment of dioxin-contaminated soil at Da Nang Airport.
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh met with Tim Rieser from the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the bilateral cooperation in handling Agent Orange/dioxin consequences in Vietnam .
The trilateral air exercise among Singapore, Thailand and the US named “Cope Tiger” concluded at Korat Air Base in Thailand, said Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) on March 18.
A ceremony to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was held at Clark Air Base in Pampanga province, the Philippines, on December 21.
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