Working delegations from the Defence Ministries of Vietnam and Laos on October 21 held a rehearsal for the second Vietnam-Laos Border Defence Friendship Exchange in Moc Chau district, the northern province of Son La, and Sop Bao district, Laos’s Houaphanh province.

Vietnam has initiated 29 trade defence investigations to protect its domestic market and businesses' interests, thus increasing state budget revenue by approximately VND1.5 trillion (US$60.4 million) a year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien held a working session with his Lao counterpart Vongkham Phommakon in Vientiane on October 9.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 9 for newly-appointed Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam Carmen Cano De Lasala, during which he highlighted ample room for the two countries' cooperation in defence.

A delegation from the National Assembly (NA) Committee for National Defence and Security, led by its chairman Lieut. Gen. Le Tan Toi, conducted a working visit to Bulgaria and Italy from September 26 to October 3.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that it is necessary to continue to promote early warning on trade remedy for Vietnamese export goods.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting (ADSOM) in Vientiane, Laos, on September 25.

Member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and UK Minister of State for Defence Vernon Coaker co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-UK defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on September 13.

VOV.VN - A high-level delegation from Vietnam consisting of 23 members from ministries, sectors, and localities, led by Assoc. Prof., Dr. Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), is engaging in a research exchange programme on sharing leadership and governance experience in Australia from August 26 to September 1.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a working session with the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission in Hanoi on August 28.