Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen ChiVinh and his RoK counterpart Suh Choo-suk co-chaired the dialogue.
Vinh expressed his pleasure at the strongdevelopment of the Vietnam-RoK relations in the fields of culture, society, andpeople-to-people exchange.
He said Vietnam is keen to boost cooperation with the RoK and hoped thedialogue would help further deepen the bilateral strategic cooperativepartnership.
Suh said the strategic cooperative partnershipbetween the two countries has been reinforced in various fields such aseconomy, investment, trade, people-to-people exchange, and sports.
The annual defence policy dialogue plays acrucial role in promoting exchanges between the two countries as well as thedefence ministries, he said.
It is also a good chance for the two sides toreview their cooperation over the past time and discuss future cooperationdevelopment orientations, he added.
At the dialogue, the two sides talked aboutglobal security situation and other matters of common concerns, thereby increasingmutual understanding and trust.
They focused on reviewing the outcomes in some areassuch as exchange of high-level delegations, personnel training, marinesecurity, humanitarian assistance in addressing post-war aftermaths.
The two sides agreed to continue maintaining andpromoting the achievements and increase collaboration in defence industry and UnitedNations peacekeeping activities.
They pledged to step up coordination atmultilateral forums such as the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM ), ASEANRegional Forum (ARF), Asia Economic Forum (AEF), Shangri-La Dialogue, and Seouldialogue.-VNA