Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, on April 12 held online talks with General Yoshida Yoshihide, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces Joint Staff.

VOV.VN - Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien came together with Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper to announce a new contract of up to US$73 million to treat and clean soil at Bien Hoa Air Base.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien joined with Dr. Ely Ratner, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, to co-chair the Vietnam-US Defence Policy Dialogue on September 12 in Hanoi.

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.

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.

VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 11 for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo.

Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence is ready to play an active role in promoting defence relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for a common interest, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien said on September 8.

The army has closely coordinated with the public security force in maintaining political security and social order during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Deputy Ministers of National Defence Nguyen Tan Cuong and Vo Minh Luong have been promoted from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception on December 4 in Hanoi for Japan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takia, during which he thanked the Ambassador for his attention and efforts to enhance the development of friendly co-operation between the two countries, including defence ties.