Deputy Defence Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh at the launching ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 2019 White Paper on Vietnam National Defence highlightspeace and self-defence as basic principles of the country’s defence policy.
At the launching ceremony for the paper in Hanoi on November 25, Deputy DefenceMinister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh said the paper definesVietnam’s viewpoint in national safeguarding.
Vietnam respects independence,sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and benefits of all nations inaccordance with international law, and the country persistently struggle andsettle all disputes via peaceful means based on international law, whilecarrying out necessary defence measures when its sovereignty, territory andnational benefits are threatened, he stressed.
According to Vinh, the paper continues affirming the Communist Party ofVietnam’s leadership in the national defence cause, as well as provides basiccontents on organisational structure of the Defence Ministry, orientations tobuild the people’s army and militia, and transparency of the defence policy andVietnam’s defence capacity. The contents aim to enhance trust and understandingbetween Vietnam and other countries around the world, while boostingcooperation to settle emerging security challenges for peace, stability, anddevelopment.
The paper, published in Vietnamese and English, features three main parts,namely strategic context and national defence policy, building the all-peoplenational defence, and people’s army and militia.
This is the fourth document of its kind so far. The previous papers werereleased in 1998, 2004 and 2009./.
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