At the conference (Photo: https://www.qdnd.vn/) Hanoi (VNA) - Lieut. Gen. Le Huy Vinh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of theVietnam People’s Army, attended the 23rd Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference (IPACC), which was organised virtually on August 25.
Initiated by the US, the annual conference aims to enhance friendship andmutual understanding between armies of regional countries.
This year’s event saw the participation of representatives from 29 countries,focusing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and transnational health threats onnational security.
The significance and impacts of 5G mobile technology on national security, andthe role of multilateralism in promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific regionwere also put on the table.
Vinh’s presence in the event contributed to implementing the Vietnamese Partyand State’s foreign policy of diversification and multilateralisation, and showed Vietnam’s role and responsibility in regional common issues as well as promotingits role as ASEAN Chair in 2020 for peace, stabilityand development in the region and the world.
On the sidelines of the conference, Vinh received US Defence Attaché in Vietnam Colonel Thomas Stevenson./.
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