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The 2019 White Paper on Vietnam National Defence highlights peace and self-defence as basic principles of the country’s defence policy.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich addressed an ASEAN ministers’ meeting with partners on November 18, describing trust as the most important for countries to cooperate substantively and sincerely in dealing with security challenges in the region.

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.

A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam is attending the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security that opened in the Russian capital on April 24.

A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the 11th Vietnam-New Zealand Political Consultation held in Wellington on March 18-19, during which both nations agreed to boost bilateral collaboration in various sectors and make meticulous preparation for upgrading their ties into a strategic partnership in the coming time.

The ASEAN Political-Security Community Council (APSC) and the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) convened their meetings in Singapore on November 13 to review the grouping’s cooperation, and complete reports and documents to be submitted to the leaders.

ASEAN defence ministers convened their 12th meeting in Singapore on October 19, agreeing to establish a network for responding to new security challenges posed by chemical, biological, and radiological threats.

The final round of the global-scale cyber security competition Whitehat Grand Prix 2018 is set to begin on November 1, according to the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The third Indian Ocean Conference is scheduled for August 27-28 in Hanoi, heard a press briefing on August 21.

The Philippine and US armies on May 18 reaffirmed their alliance and joint commitment to addressing security challenges as they ended the year’s largest exercises in the Southeast Asian country.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia have voiced their concerns about escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula.

New security challenges amid the fourth industrial revolution like cyber security, chemical and biological weapons and armed and non-armed terrorism requires efforts from separate countries and the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to counter them.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshop on enhancing maritime law enforcement was opened in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on January 18 with a view to boosting dialogue to ensure maritime security in the region.

Vietnamese and Indonesian army and navy forces should promote cooperation, particularly in addressing non-traditional security challenges and fishermen’s violations in overlapping waters.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc has affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation between Mekong countries and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) expressed their commitments to supporting Vietnam’s initiatives in addressing regional security challenges on the sidelines of the ongoing 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) on August 8.

Canada has pledged to continue supporting Vietnam to increase capacity to cope with non-traditional security challenges, including climate change and environmental issues

Vietnam wishes to strengthen partnership with Russia to bring benefits to both countries, stated President Tran Dai Quang at a reception for Secretary of the Security Council of Russia General Nikolai Patrushev.

After 50 years of development, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been internationally recognised as a comprehensive regional cooperative organisation and a cohesive and dynamic political-economic entity that contributes to global connectivity.

Defence officials from member countries of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) discussed outstanding regional security issues at the ASEAN Security Policy Conference that opened in Manila on June 29.