Vietnam, China further defence cooperation

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Thanh Cung on July 16 held talks with Senior Lieutenant General Zhang Yang, Director of General Political Department under Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Thanh Cung on July 16 held talks with Senior Lieutenant General Zhang Yang, Director of General Political Department under Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Cung is leading a delegation from the Vietnamese Defence Ministry on a working visit to China to exchange experience with PLA’s judicial agencies.

The host praised the visit, saying that cooperation between the two armies is considered as an important pillar which contributes to enhancing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Vietnam .

In the past years, ties between the two armies have seen good cooperation in many fields. Many delegation exchanges have taken place, he said.

The head of the Vietnamese delegation stressed the Vietnamese side’s policy of building, maintaining and developing the fine relationship with China.

Vietnam always remembers and is grateful to the assistance and support from the Chinese side during the country’s two wars for independence, Senior Lieutenant General Cung said.

The Vietnamese Defence Ministry wants to see more exchanges between the two sides and further strengthen mutual understanding in the coming time, deepening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, he said.-VNA

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