US MIA league visits Defence Ministry headquarters
The Executive Director of the National League of POW/MIA Families (the US), Ann Mills Griffiths, met Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh at the ministry’s headquarters on March 18.
During the meeting, Griffiths spoke highly of the Vietnamese Government’s support in previous years for issues concerning American families whose members went missing during the Vietnam War.
She expressed her wish for further attention and cooperation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence as well as other Vietnamese agencies.
Meanwhile, General Nguyen Chi Vinh said the Ministry of Defence welcomed Director Griffiths and members of the MIA League to Vietnam. He affirmed that recent cooperation between Vietnam and the League has produced encouraging results, which demonstrates Vietnam’s goodwill in helping US families to search for their missing.
Vinh said he hoped the MIA League will continue its activities in the near future to further boost multifaceted ties between the two countries.