Military

The information about the exchange was introduced at a press conference held in Hanoi on November 14 by Major General Nguyen Dai Hoi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Relations Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense. The Vietnamese delegation will be led by General Ngo Xuan Lich, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defense Minister, while the Chinese delegation will be headed by Senior Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe, member of the Central Military Commission and Defense Minister. At the press conference The agenda will comprise a friendship seminar, cultural and artistic exchanges with the engagement of border guard forces, local authorities and people living in the shared borderline of China and Vietnam, a border marker saluting ceremony, a joint patrol session on the Bowang border river, and an inauguration ceremony of Ta Lung cultural friendship center. During the exchange, a ceremony to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China to organize border defense friendship exchange

General Ngo Xuan Lich, member of the Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the CMC and Defense Minister, chaired the event, with the presence of Lieutenant General Do Can, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army. According to the decisions signed by the State President, one major general was promoted to lieutenant general, while four others were promoted to the rank of major general. General Ngo Xuan Lich chairs the meeting. Meanwhile, under the decisions signed by the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister, 23 senior officers were promoted to major commanding positions in functional agencies and units directly under the command of the MND. On behalf of the State President and the Prime Minister, General Lich handed over those decisions to the recipients. In his speech, the defense minister congratulated the promoted and appointed officers, adding that the promotion and appointment show the recognition by the Party, State, … [Read more...] about CMC, MND hand over personnel decisions

The 13th program of the Vietnamese medical personnel aimed to mark the 65th National Day of Cambodia (November 9) and realize the Protocol on Bilateral Defense Cooperation in 2018, so as to consolidate solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Photo for illustration. Source: VNA General Ly Sovann, Hospital Preah Ket Mealea’s Director, highly valued the significance of the program, saying that thanks to the program and other cooperation programs with the Vietnamese side, professionalism of doctors and nurses at Preah Ket Mealea Hospital has been enhanced while needy Cambodian people have been given free but high-quality health check-ups. These activities have contributed to consolidating the special friendship and solidarity between Cambodia and Vietnam. Launched in 2005, the program has benefited thousands of Cambodian people and Vietnamese Cambodian. The health check-up and treatment quality was highly appreciated by the Cambodian … [Read more...] about Vietnamese medical personnel provides free health check-ups for needy Cambodian people

A group photo at the opening ceremony of the course The course aimed to improve the command and methods of military strategy research for officers from the Center of Military Strategy Studies of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. During the month-long course, the trainees will learn theories, participate in field trips, and practice compiling themes on military strategy. Addressing the opening ceremony, Major General Hoang Ky Lan, Deputy Head of the Defense Strategy Institute, emphasized that grasping thoroughly and implementing the foreign relations policy of the Vietnamese Party and State, the institute has defined the training for officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces in general and for the Center of Military Strategy Studies in particular as one of its important political missions. Major Lan hoped that the trainees will overcome difficulties and do their utmost to meet the requirements of the training course while promoting exchanges of experience and issues of mutual … [Read more...] about Refresher course on military strategy studies opened for Cambodian officers

At the meeting. Photo: baohaiquanvietnam.vn Over the past time, the information dissemination work on seas and islands has been well implemented with nearly 600 sessions for more than 200,000 cadres, Party members, and staff of agencies and localities. Besides, the service has sent many missions with more than 3,000 officials to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the DK1 platforms for visits. The agencies and units have actively carried out information dissemination on attracting manpower through a lot of activities such as welcoming and serving more than 24,000 visitors, and attracting nearly 980 students to register to sit for the entrance examination to the Vietnam Naval Academy. At the meeting, the Naval Service also identified four contents for information dissemination and nine key solutions to improving the effectiveness of information dissemination on seas and islands and the attraction of manpower in 2019. Translated by Lam Anh … [Read more...] about Naval Service to keep disseminating information on seas and islands