Sixty-eight outstanding collectives and individuals of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) were honoured with rewards of the Lao State and Ministry of National Defence at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 26.
Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang received visiting Sen. Lieut. Gen. Thongloi Silivong, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chairman of the Lao People’s Army (LPA)’s General Department of Politics, in Hanoi on September 26.
Sen. Lieut. Gen Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) had a meeting in Hanoi on September 15 with Lieut. Gen. Ueda Kazumasa, Chief of Staff for Japanese Ground Component Command.
Hanoi will for the first time host the end-of-term field training course under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations Cycle 4 from September 13-21.
State President Vo Van Thuong on September 5 visited the Army Corps 15, which for nearly 40 years has been tasked with defensive strategies and building effective economic zones in the Central Highlands and southern Quang Binh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested providing timely material and spiritual support for the family of Lieut. Col Truong Hong Ky, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Military Command of Song Cau town, the south central coastal province of Phu Yen, who sacrificed his life while rescuing two drowning persons.
The Vietnam Coast Guard High Command has been honoured with a second-class Feat of Arms Order for its outstanding performance in the fight against drug crimes.
Maj. Gen. Pham Truong Son, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 18 for Lieut. Gen. Neum Balen, head of the Operations Department under the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces High Command.
Military Hospital 175 under the Ministry of National Defence has coordinated with Army Corps 18 to successfully transport a fisherman having severe health problems while operating in the waters of Truong Sa (Spratly) in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa to the mainland for emergency aid, the hospital reported on August 15.
A Vietnamese delegation, led by Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, participated in the opening ceremony of the international military-technical forum (Army 2023) in Moscow on August 14.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on Vietnam's military policy and defence strategy has further clarified the Party’s mindset about this regard amid new and complex developments in the world, and affirmed the Party’s comprehensive leadership over the army during the construction and defence of the socialist Fatherland.
Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang paid visits to and inspected units of the Air Defence - Air Force and the Army Corps 2 High Command on July 24.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period reflects his consistent thought about the leadership and directions over the national safeguarding, many experts and researchers have said.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Doan Anh on July 20 received a delegation from the Information Department under the General Staff of the Lao People's Army (LPA), led by its Director Col. Souban Phanthavi.
A seminar was held in Hanoi on July 18 between a delegation of the Military Youth Board of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and a delegation of the Lao People’s Army who are taking part in a training course on youth affairs in Vietnam.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member, attended the political-military conference of the army in Hanoi on July 5, during which he praised the force’s important contributions in both defence activities and socio-economic development.
Representatives of the Petroleum Department under the General Department of Logistics of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence have handed over equipment for a level-3 petroleum laboratory to the Petroleum Department of the General Department of Logistics - Finance under the Royal Cambodian Army.
Chinese navy training ship Qi Jiguang is visiting the central coastal city of Da Nang from May 23 to 25, as part of the activities within the nations’ bilateral cooperation framework.
Sen. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received a delegation of the Engineering Department of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army led by its Director Maj. Gen. Viengxay Xaysamone in Hanoi on May 19.
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