VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and Minister of National Defence, held a meeting with Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin on March 10 in Jakarta to discuss bolstering bilateral defence ties, maritime security, and regional cooperation.

Defence cooperation has remained a key pillar in Vietnam-Laos relations, significantly strengthening political trust and the close bond between the two countries' armies, Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang affirmed on March 5.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh lauded defence cooperation between Vietnam and Laos as an important pillar in bilateral relations, during his reception for Lieutenant General Saichay Kommasith, Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army in Hanoi on March 5.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and Thobekile Gamede, Acting Secretary for Defence of South Africa co-chaired the third Vietnam-South Africa Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on February 25.

State President Luong Cuong on February 20 urged the Ministry of National Defence to take the lead in implementing the restructuring scheme based on the principle of one agency handles multiple tasks, and each task is assigned to only one body.

Defence cooperation continues to be a bright spot in the Vietnam-Canada relations, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said at a meeting with Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defence Stefanie Beck in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, lauded positive results of defence cooperation between Vietnam and Canada in recent times during his reception in Hanoi on February 20 for Stefanie Beck, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Stefanie Beck reviewed defence cooperation between the two countries while co-chairing the third Vietnam-Canada Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, Politburo member, Standing Board member of the Central Military Commission, and Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, co-chaired the 11th Vietnam-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue with Japan’s Vice Minister of Defence Kano Koji in Fukuoka, Japan, on February 10.

The Deputy Minister suggested that both nations focus on implementing the exchange of delegations, especially high-level ones, and maintaining existing cooperation mechanisms, particularly in training programmes and defence industry collaboration.