The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK held a ceremony to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) on December 9 and the 30th All-People’s Defence Festival (December 22).
The level-two field hospital No.1 of the Vietnam People’s Army was honoured at a ceremony at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5, after it completed the peacekeeping mission at the UN mission in South Sudan.
VOV.VN - 2019 marks the 70th Traditional Day of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts in Laos. 70 years ago, the Party and President Ho Chi Minh sent troops and experts to assist Laos’s national liberation, demonstrating the pure international communist spirit and manifesting the special solidarity and friendship between the two countries.
A Vietnamese military sports delegation will attend the 7th CISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games 2019 in Wuhan, China from October 16-27.
Deputy defence chiefs of ASEAN countries and Japan met in Tokyo, Japan from October 8-10 to discuss regional security, the future of the Indo-Pacific region and ASEAN’s initiatives for regional cooperation.
VOV.VN - A flag raising ceremony was held at Ba Dinh Square at 6am on September 2 to mark Vietnam’s National Day celebration.
Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu received a 70-year Party membership badge at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 25.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on August 24 concluded his three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 19 for Chief of Staff of the US Air Force Gen. David Goldfein.
VOV.VN - An ethnic cultural festival being held as part of the ongoing Army Games 2019 in Russia has seen countries worldwide taking part, with Vietnam also participating through setting up their own booth with traditional local items on display.
British military officials are supporting their Vietnam People’s Army counterparts in a United Nations Peacekeeping Operations medical field training exercise, according to the British Embassy in Vietnam.
Vietnam attaches importance to its friendship and cooperation with China, a Vietnamese officer has said.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a ceremony on May 4 to honour war veterans who joined Dien Bien Phu campaign on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7).
Overseas representative agencies and authorities of Vietnam are working to ensure benefits are provided for overseas national contributors under a recent Government decree.
A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army is paying an official visit to Singapore from February 28 to March 2 at the invitation of Chief of the Defence Force of Singapore Melvyn Ong.
The northern border defence war in 1979 has demonstrated Vietnam’s strength and intelligence in critical situations. The art of command during that war is analysed in an article by Associate Professor and Doctor Ho Khang, former deputy director of the Vietnam Military History Institute.
Vietnam’s Embassy and Defence Attaché Office in Algeria held a ceremony in Algiers on December 16 to mark the 74th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22).
Women of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) should continue enhancing exchanges of delegations to strengthen solidarity and mutual understanding, along with bolstering experience sharing and training.
Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army on September 18 hosted a reception for a delegation of veterans from Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast led by Major General Iuri Dmitrievich Sudakov.
The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has fulfilled half of the requirements for infrastructure construction at the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark by the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), experts said on August 9.
