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Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang (R), Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of Defence, meets with Commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Admiral Yamamura Hiroshi, in Hanoi on December 11 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of Defence, received in Hanoi on December 11 Commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Admiral Yamamura Hiroshi, who is on a working visit to Vietnam. The Japanese Admiral held that the Japan – Vietnam relations have been constantly consolidated and developed in various fields, including defence cooperation. He also expressed his hope that in the time to come, the naval forces of the two countries will intensify their relations and the exchange of delegations at all levels, as well as cooperation in personnel training, rescue training, and natural disaster preparedness. For his … [Read more...] about Chief of General Staff receives Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force Commander

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu (sixth from left), military attaché Colonel Nguyen Tuan Minh (fifth from left) and other countries' attachés pose for a photo at the ceremony in Berlin on December 9 (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – The Vietnamese embassies in Germany and Malaysia have held celebrations to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (1944 – 2019) and the 30th year of the All-People’s Defence Festival. The Berlin ceremony, which took place on December 9, saw the presence of about 150 guests who were officials from German defence and foreign affairs ministries, representatives from foreign diplomatic corps, and Vietnamese associations. Opening the event, Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu briefed his guests on the VPA’s 75-year development and glorious victories in the fight for national independence, defend and reunify the nation. The army has also been playing an active role in … [Read more...] about Army’s 75th anniversary celebrated overseas

The opening of the Bac Giang – Lang son expressway project shorten the time of traveling from Hanoi to Lang son from 3.5 hours down to 2.5 hours. (Photo: Viet Hung/VietnamPlus)  - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on September 29 afternoon officially ordered the technical opening of the Bac Giang – Lang son expressway project. The Bac Giang – Lang son expressway project officially got the technical opening on September 29 afternoon, shortening the time of traveling from Hanoi to Lang Son from 3.5 hours to about 2.5 hours compared to the old Highway 1. According to Ho Minh Hoang, President of the Deo Ca Group, the Bac Giang – Lang son expressway project was started in 2015. However, investors of that stage were poor in resources and management ability and, as a result, the pace was nearly 2 years slower (by June 2017, the Highway 1 segment was only 13 percent of the output and the expressway segment was not implemented). The top investor of the stage … [Read more...] about Deputy PM orders technical opening of Bac Giang – Lang Son expressway

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) attends the inauguration ceremony for the trauma and orthosis institute under Military Hospital 175. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Military Hospital 175 should work to turn itself into a strong medical facility in the region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 11. He made the statement while visiting the hospital on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 30th All-People’s Defence Festival (December 22). PM Phuc asked the hospital to improve quality of medical examination, enhance capacity of its staff, apply advanced technology in treatment, as well as promote international cooperation so as to meet development requirements in the new period. Besides, the hospital needs to speed up the construction of the 1,000 – bed general hospital, nursing home and rehabilitation hospital, he said. The leader also took the occasion to hail the hospital’s efforts to … [Read more...] about PM urges Military Hospital 175 to become regional medical facility

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung co-chaired the event with Australia’s Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Richard Maude and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense Peter Tesch. At the dialogue, the two sides reviewed the strong developments in bilateral relations and reaffirmed their countries’ importance in each other’s foreign policies. Participants in the seventh diplomatic-defense strategic dialogue between Vietnam and Australia in a joint photo They said defense collaboration is an important pillar in the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership, agreeing to continue effectively carrying out bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation activities on the basis of the 2010 memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation and the 2018 joint vision statement on enhancing defense ties. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Australia hold seventh diplomatic-defense strategic dialogue