The 16th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 4 wrapped up after the three-day sitting, giving commitments to fostering regional cooperation, towards effectively coping with regional security challenges.
ASEAN member states need to uphold their responsibility and the community’s spirit, especially a common stance, on international and regional issues, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The Defence Ministries of Vietnam and Italy should enhance the effectiveness of their cooperation mechanism, a Vietnamese senior officer said at the second defense policy dialogue between the two countries held in Italy.
Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Malik research institute in Switzerland met on December 15, focusing on cooperation between the two sides in security management and technology application in fighting security challenges in many fields.
Seven reports were delivered to an international seminar in the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 9, featuring ways to effectively cope with traditional and non-traditional security challenges.
Cooperation should be combined with competitive negotiations to address the region’s security challenges, said Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh on the sidelines of the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue.
The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) needs to promote unity and increase its role in addressing security challenges in an effective and prompt manner.
Senior officials of the ASEAN nations, the bloc’s partners, and the East Asia Summit countries scrutinised the regional cooperation as well as security challenges in Luang Prabang, Laos, on May 6 - 7.
Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich stressed the need to boost links among countries worldwide and promote the role of security mechanisms within Asia Pacific to deal with security challenges.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Major General Vu TienTrong, Director of the Defence Ministry's Institute for International Relations, attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials Meeting Plus (ADSOM+).
The ASEAN member countries and China have agreed to strengthen pragmatic law enforcement cooperation, to better cope with security challenges and set up a law enforcement college to train police.
The recent ASEAN chiefs of defence forces meeting included the East Sea issue in its joint statement for the first time, showing the particidpants' high consensus on growing security challenges.
The tension in the East Sea emerged as a key security challenge that could hinder the dream of an Asian-Pacific community, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh said at a dialogue in India.
The Thai Government on October 21 approved amendments to the outdated National Security Act in order to restructure the National Security Council (NSC).
A forum opened in Hanoi on October 6 to promote understanding, solidarity, friendship and cooperation among women worldwide for targets of equality, development and peace.
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