VOV.VN - A delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam, led by Le Tan Toi, member of the Party Central Committee and chairman of the Committee for National Defence, Security and External Affairs, attended the 151st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-151) and related meetings held in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 19 to 23.

Enhancing governance capacity, ensuring supply chain transparency and complying with rules of origin are key components to allow enterprises to cope with trade defence measures from international markets.

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.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, held talks with Major General Pavel Muraveiko, First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - General Department II on the morning of October 18 in Hanoi held a ceremony to mark the 80th Traditional Day of Vietnam’s Defence Intelligence (October 25, 1945-October 25, 2025) and receive the Ho Chi Minh Order.

The annual meeting of the defence ministers of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia took place in the Lao capital of Vientiane on October 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening defence cooperation in training, exercises, and human resource development, aiming to concretise key areas of cooperation in the coming time.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and Deputy Minister of National Defence, hosted Australia's Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Marshal Stephen Chappell in Hanoi on October 13, during which the two sides agreed to further promote defence cooperation in the time to come.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang hosted a welcome ceremony and held talks with Haluk Görgün, President of the Turkish Defence Industry Agency, in Hanoi on October 13.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department under the Ministry of National Defence coordinated with the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam on October 13 in Hanoi to hold a session exchanging experience on psychological support for troops participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations.