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.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang held talks with Japanese Minister of Defence Kishi Nobuo in Tokyo on November 23, within the framework of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Japan.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Defence presented the President’s decision on November 22 to assign 12 officers, including two females, to South Sudan and the Central African Republic in order to work for the ongoing UN peacekeeping missions there.

Vietnam always attaches importance to its relations with neighbouring and ASEAN countries, including comprehensive cooperation with Thailand, Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang said at November 18 reception for newly-appointed Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikonrndej Balankura.