The Ministry of National Defence on January 28 handed over the President’s decisions to seven officers who will be sent to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a mission established by the UN Security Council in 2011 for peacekeeping in Sudan.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for Azerbaijani Ambassador to Vietnam Anar Imanov on January 26.

Member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has hosted a reception for Romanian Ambassador to Vietnam Cristina Romila on January 21.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a conference in Hanoi on January 12 to review the Presidential Office's performance of tasks in 2021 and launch missions for this year.

An official of the Ministry of National Defence (MoD) has affirmed the ministry’s support for its Cambodian counterpart’s chairmanship of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM Plus in 2022, according to the Quan doi Nhan dan (People's Army) daily.

VOV.VN - Diplomacy must continue to pioneer in creating and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said in his recent article regarding Vietnamese diplomacy’s efforts for the national cause of defence and development.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the National Defence Academy (NDA) to step up research and development of Vietnamese military and defence science, as well as military art and culture.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh have consented to boost bilateral defence-security ties in the principle of not allowing any hostile force to use one’s territory to sabotage security of the other.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, has requested the council’s members and agencies to promote their role in ensuring national defence and security, and actively cope with both short-term and long-term non-traditional security challenges.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on December 2 in Moscow, within the framework of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s ongoing official visit to Russia.