VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on January 16 visited and extended greetings to the Command and armed forces of Military Region 9 in the leadup to the Lunar New Year 2025 holiday (Tet).

Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, led a delegation to visit and work with Military Region 7 on January 8.

The Military Region 7 organised a defence exercise under harsh weather conditions and in complex terrain from December 1-4.

VOV.VN - The Party Committee and Command of the Military Region 7 held an inaugural ceremony of the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial on September 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The martyrs’ remains search and repatriation team in Laos under Military Region 2 has searched and collected 1,835 remains of Vietnamese over the past three decades, heard a ceremony to mark 30th founding anniversary of the team held in Oudomxay province, Laos, on June 17.

President Vo Van Thuong had a working session on December 5 with the Military Region 5 Command, which comprises 11 central and Central Highlands localities, on the military-defence situation in the region.

VOV.VN - Some 14 sets of remains believed to be wartime military soldiers have been discovered when construction workers refurbished a preschool in Tan Thoi commune, Phong Dien district of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VOV.VN - HMS Spey, the British Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel, anchored at Ho Chi Minh City’s port on February 7, marking the start of a five-day friendship visit to the southern city on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

A delegation from Military Region 5 led by Commander Lieut. Gen Thai Dai Ngoc visited Military Region 1 of the Royal Cambodian Military on December 4-5.

An exhibition was opened at the Museum of Military Region 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 28, giving visitors an insight into late President Ho Chi Minh’s role in the elections of the National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils in history.