A senior delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence (MoND) left Hanoi on October 14 for an informal China – ASEAN Defence Ministers’ meeting and the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing from October 14 to 18. 


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Minister Phung Quang Thanh.




The delegation is led by Politburo member and Minister Phung Quang Thanh, who is also Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission. 

General Thanh is accompanied by Lt Gen. Nguyen Duc Hai, Director of the Institute for Military Strategy; Lt Gen. Vu Van Hien, Director of the MoND’s Office; Maj. Gen. Vu Chien Thang, Director of the MoND’s Foreign Relations Department; Maj. Gen. Ngo Quang Lien, assistant to the defence minister; and Maj. Gen. Vu Tien Trong, Director of the Institute for Defence International Relations.

Indian Army War College delegation visits Vietnam

Lieut. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception for a delegation from the Indian Army War College in Hanoi on October 13. 

Brigadier General Sanjay Rihani, who led the delegation, said the Indian college welcomed Vietnamese military officials at its training courses. 

He pointed to the two countries’ cooperation potential in the fields of science-technology, national defence, military and intelligence. 

The Vietnamese army hoped to enhance collaboration with its Indian counterpart in defence science and military techniques, Tuan said. 

The two sides underlined the significance of increasing exchanges among young officials to create a firm foundation for the relations between the two armies and peoples.

VNA