VOV.VN - Defense Minister Phan Van Giang expressed Vietnam’s desires to increase defense cooperation with Japan and Laos, during his separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Japanese and Laos to Vietnam in Hanoi on July 3.

The Ministry of National Defence held in Hanoi on June 14 the first scientific conference on the national-level topic on the solidarity among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia led by Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang.

VOV.VN - Talks were held between Vietnamese Minister of Defence General Phan Van Giang and French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu following a welcome ceremony for the French military official and his delegation at the Hanoi-based headquarters of the defence ministry on May 5.

A number of activities were held as part of the eighth Vietnam – China border defence friendship exchange in China’s Yunnan province on April 12.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member and deputy secretary of the Central Military Commission, hosted a reception on March 15 in Hanoi for Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand in Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura who came to bid farewell at the end of his working term in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral defence cooperation following their talks held in Hanoi on December 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to developing relations with France, with defense cooperation acting as one of the important pillars in bilateral strategic partnership, Defense Minister Phan Van Giang told French Ambassador to Vietnam Oliver Brochet in Hanoi on November 23.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang on November 16 suggested countries continue promoting ASEAN’s centrality, and step up the building and consolidation of strategic trust in the spirit of respect for law, mutual respect, equality and mutual benefits.

Vietnamese Minister of Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang held bilateral meetings with defence leaders from India, Japan and the Philippines on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the 10th ADMM-Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had a meeting on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Indonesia on November 15, discussing measures to promote defense cooperation between the two countries.