Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien paid a courtesy call to Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Chansamone Chanyalath in Vientiane on January 12, within the framework of the ongoing official visit to the neighbouring country by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Dinh Hong, Political Commissar of the National Defence Academy, visited Laos and attended an exchange programme with Lao military alumni who studied in Vietnam from December 22-24 at the invitation of the Lao Ministry of Defence.

The public security force needs to continue its core and pioneering role in preventing and pushing back emerging risks and challenges in national defence, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 21.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, on December 20 attended the national military-political conference in 2022 which reviewed the military and defence work in the year and sketched out orientations for implementing tasks in 2023.

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.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 19 extended a message of congratulations to Leo Varadkar on his taking office as Prime Minister of Ireland.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang received visiting Minister of State of the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior Gen. Sante Chan Ean on December 14 in Hanoi.

Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong received in Hanoi on December 9 Vice Chief of Staff of Japan’s Joint Staff Lieut. Gen. Suzuki Yasuhiko who is in Vietnam to attend the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022.

VOV.VN - An array of military equipment and weapons belonging to the Vietnam People’s Army are currently on display at the debut Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 (Vietnam Defence 2022) which is underway in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Air Force's Su-30MK2 fighters put on an impressive flying display at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 in Hanoi on December 8.