President Cuong stressed that these decisions reflect the Party and State’s recognition and appreciation of the three officers’ great efforts and contributions to the national construction and defence.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, held talks with Major General Pavel Muraveiko, First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong, Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council presided over a ceremony to present decisions on promotions to the ranks of General and Senior Lieutenant General for senior officers of the Vietnam People’s Army and the People’s Public Security Forces on the morning of July 14 at Hanoi-based Presidential Palace.

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 - 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 - A delegation of the Ministry of National Defense led by Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defense, paid a working visit to Anyang city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 3 within the framework of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to the RoK.

Defence cooperation between Vietnam and India has been actively promoted, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong said while receiving Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, in Hanoi on July 24.

VOV.VN - New Zealand’s Chief of the Defense Force Air Marshal Kevin Short hosted a reception on July 17 for Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, in Wellington.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Italian Undersecretary of State for Defence, co-chaired the fourth Vietnam - Italy Defence Policy Dialogue on July 3 as part of the former’s working visit to Italy.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence on June 12 hosted a reception for South African Defence Attaché, Colonel Eugene Dudley, who came to bid adieu before finishing his term of office in Vietnam.