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Vietnam, Thai armies boost military medical links

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieut. Gen Vo Van Tuan on June 10 received visiting Lieut. Gen. Phanuvich Pumhirun, Surgeon General of the Thai Royal Army and Medical Field Service School commanding general.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieut.Gen Vo Van Tuan on June 10 received visiting Lieut. Gen. PhanuvichPumhirun, Surgeon General of the Thai Royal Army and Medical FieldService School commanding general.

PhanuvichPumhirun briefed his host on the outcomes of his meetings with theMilitary Medical Department under the Vietnam People’s Army and theCentral Military Hospital 108.

Both highly valued cooperation in national defence between the two countries over the past time.

They agreed on the need to increase the exchange of experience in humanitarian activities and health care in remote areas.

The same day, Lieut. Gen Tuan also met with a delegation of youngIndian officers, who are attending an exchange with their Vietnamesecounterparts.-VNA
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