Vietnam to join Army Games 2020 in Russia
Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnamese Defence Ministry plans to send seven
teams to compete in six categories at the International Army Games 2020 scheduled
for mid-August in Russia.
The competitions will also take place in
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.
Held for the first
time in 2015, Army Games 2020 is expected to be the largest multilateral military
event this year with over 440,000 soldiers taking part,
an eight-fold increase from 2019.
Russian Defence
Minister Sergey Shoigu said the International Military-Technical Forum 2020
will also be held during the period.
Vietnam joined the
Army Games for the first time in 2018 with three teams. Its participation in
the event this year is expected to further deepen traditional friendship
between the two armies and peoples./.