Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on the Air Defence – Air Force (ADAF) to enhance its strategic mindset, bolster combat readiness, and safeguard the Fatherland from early and afar, stressing the need to remain a revolutionary, disciplined, elite force capable of fulfilling all missions under any circumstance.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia hosted a get-together on August 5 to honour Soviet experts, especially those in military, who supported and accompanied the Vietnamese air defence and air force in their first days.

President To Lam visited and inspected combat readiness at the Air Defence - Air Force (ADAF) High Command in Hanoi on June 3, affirming that the Party, State and people always pay special attention to building a robust and comprehensive Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and the ADAF in particular.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hailed contributions of the Air Defence - Air Force (ADAF) to the cause of national construction and defence and pointed out tasks for the force in the new situation while addressing a ceremony celebrating its 60th traditional day in Hanoi on October 19.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 19 attended a get-together held by the Air Defence-Air Force to mark the 50th anniversary of the "Dien Bien Phu in the air" victory in 1972.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people always pay special attention to and strive to strongly build the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) in general, and the Air Defence - Air Force in particular, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed when visiting the Air Defence - Air Force on January 30.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Acting Commander of the Vietnam Air Defence - Air Force Lt. Gen Vu Van Kha attended the virtual 18th ASEAN Air Chiefs' Conference (AACC-18) under the chair of Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force Gen. Airbull Suttiwan on September 16.

VOV.VN - The Air Defence- Air Force Service under the Ministry of Defense established two mobile oxygen production stations on August 24 at Military Hospital 175 to promptly meet the demand for oxygen in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Air Force - Air Defense Force on November 1 dispatched a helicopter to deliver emergency supplies to approximately 3,000 local residents of two communes in Quang Nam completely isolated by flashfloods and landslides.

VOV.VN - The seventh version of the ASEAN Air Forces’ Education and Training Working Group (AAFET-WG 7) opened in Hanoi on October 6, with Colonel La Dai Phong, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Defence-Air Force under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, chairing the event.