VOV.VN - The Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Phan Van Giang and his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun will meet at the border and co-chair the ninth Vietnam-China Border Defence Friendship Exchange in mid-April.

The Vietnamese and Chinese media need to actively explore and spread stories about the friendship between the two countries across different historical periods, helping future generations better understand their special solidarity, according to a Chinese scholar.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man of Vietnam met with Ken Matsuzawa, president of the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) of Japan, in Tokyo on December 5 to discuss the promotion of people-to-people diplomacy between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, received Colonel Jiang Bo, Defense Attaché of China to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 26.

Vietnam is willing to offer the best possible conditions for its ministries, sectors, and localities to step up friendship exchanges and comprehensive cooperation with China’s Chongqing city, remarked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh while meeting a leader of the municipality on November 8.

VOV.VN - The second Vietnam-Laos border defence friendship exchange held in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Son La and Laos' Houaphanh province wrapped up on October 23 with remarkable success.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, welcomed General Chansamone Chanyalath, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Laos, to a border defense friendship exchange between the two armies at Long Sap border gate of Moc Chau district, Son La province, on October 22.

Working delegations from the Defence Ministries of Vietnam and Laos on October 21 held a rehearsal for the second Vietnam-Laos Border Defence Friendship Exchange in Moc Chau district, the northern province of Son La, and Sop Bao district, Laos’s Houaphanh province.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos are scheduled to hold the second border defense friendship exchange on October 22-23 in Moc Chau district of Vietnam and Sop Bao district of Laos, a press briefing heard in Hanoi on October 15.

Working delegations of the Defence Ministries of Vietnam and Laos on August 12 inspected preparations for the second Vietnam-Laos Border Defence Friendship Exchange in Moc Chau district of Vietnam’s Son La province and Sop Bao district in Laos’s Houaphanh province.