VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defence of Laos will work closely to successfully hold the third defense policy dialogue at the deputy ministerial level this year.

VOV.VN - Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien came together with Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper to announce a new contract of up to US$73 million to treat and clean soil at Bien Hoa Air Base.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien said he hopes that the US will continue offering long-term funding to Vietnam to help the country deal with the consequences of bombs, mines and unexploded ordinance left over from the war and create gainful livelihoods for those living in affected areas.

VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception on January 16 in Hanoi for new Polish Defence Attaché to Vietnam Col. Jaroslaw Bondalski.

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.

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.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has voiced support of cooperation contents reached during talks on November 8 between the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army Gen. Narongpan Jittkaewtae.

Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien has suggested Vietnamese and Lao border guards step up the exchange of information about border management and protection and conduct joint exercises.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien joined with Dr. Ely Ratner, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, to co-chair the Vietnam-US Defence Policy Dialogue on September 12 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, deputy minister of national defence of Vietnam joined other military officers at the opening ceremony of the Seoul Defence Dialogue 2022 that took place in the capital of the Republic of Korea on September 7.