VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia Richard Marles proposed increasing defense-security between Australia and Vietnam, while meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Canberra on November 30.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has noted his appreciation for the results of defence co-operation between Vietnam and Australia over recent times, viewing this as a bright spot in the co-operative relationship between the two nations.

UN peacekeeping is a highlight in defence cooperation between Australia and Vietnam, stated Colonel Paul Foura, Australian Defence Attaché to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang held a series of bilateral meeting with his Indonesian, Indian and Korean counterparts on November 22 in Siem Reap in Cambodia within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Retreat (ADMM Retreat) and the ninth ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+).

VOV.VN -Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang is currently attending the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat and the ninth ADMM Plus from November 21 to November 23 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The 4th Vietnam-Thailand defence dialogue took place in Bangkok on November 17 under the chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of the Thai Defence Ministry General Sanitchanok Sangkachan.

The 10th Conference of ASEAN Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (ASMAM-10) took place in Hanoi on November 9 under the chair of Colonel Nguyen Le Phuong, deputy director of the Institute for Defence International Relations under the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence.

Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the law on amendments and supplementations to a number of articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies before debating the draft Law on Civil Defence on November 9, during the ongoing 15th National Assembly (NA)’s fourth session.

Progress has been made in building and perfecting institutions and laws over the past time, contributing to promoting socio-economic recovery and development, maintaining political stability, ensuring national defence and security and expanding international integration, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang underlined the Vietnamese Government’s consistent attention to food security while addressing the ministry’s regular press briefing on November 3.