VOV.VN - The army has always been the mainstay of the Party, the State, and the people that forms the core part of the country’s defence whilst creating a favourable environment that allows for national development, according to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh held a reception on September 24 in order to host Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio in Hanoi.

Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich held a phone discussion with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh on September 8 to review bilateral defence cooperation.

Vietnamese Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich on September 8 held phone talks with his Lao counterpart General Chansamone Chanyalath to discuss bilateral defence cooperation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stood alongside many Party and State leaders as they paid their respects to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the morning of September 1 ahead of the 75th National Day on September 2.

VOV.VN - Lieut. Gen. Le Huy Vinh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, was in attendance at the 23rd Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference (IPACC), which took place virtually on August 25.