VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, held a phone conversation with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on February 7 evening to discuss defense cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos have vowed to effectively implement defense cooperation mechanisms, including the 2025–2029 defense cooperation protocol and the 2025 defense cooperation plan.

VOV.VN - Laos Minister of National Defense Khamliang Outhakaysone on December 18 began an official visit to Vietnam where he is scheduled to attend the Vietnam International Defense Expo 2024 and celebrations marking 80 years of the Vietnam People’s Army.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, hosted a welcoming ceremony in Hanoi on December 17 for Lieutenant General Viktor Gennadievich Khrenin, Minister of Defense of Belarus, on his official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Defense Minister Phan Van Giang on November 30 inspected forces’ preparations for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 due to take place in Hanoi in mid-December.

VOV.VN - Cambodia places great importance on promoting defense cooperation with Vietnam, Prime Minister Hun Manet told General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, during a meeting in Phnom Penh on November 24.

A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang attended the ASEAN-US Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on November 20.

Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang met with leaders of Laos in Vientiane on November 19 on the occasion of attending the 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China have signed a letter of intent to enhance defense cooperation, and an agreement on border cooperation between the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense of China.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, and General Chansamone Chanyalath, Minister of National Defense of Laos, on October 22 signed a defense cooperation document between the two countries for 2025-2029 and a cooperation plan for 2025.