Vietnamese delegation active at 20th Shangri-La Dialogue
The Vietnamese delegation to the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue, led by Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, attended plenary sessions, the official banquet and bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event, which took place in Singapore from June 2-4.
At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (second, left) and General Robert Brieger, Chairman of the EU Military Committee. (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Singapore (VNA) – The Vietnamese delegation to the20th Shangri-La Dialogue, led by Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen.Hoang Xuan Chien, attended plenary sessions, the official banquet and bilateralmeetings on the sidelines of the event, which took place in Singapore from June2-4.
At the meeting between Chien and General Robert Brieger, Chairmanof the EU Military Committee, the two sides shared delight at the bilateraldefence cooperation over the years on the foundation of the EU-Vietnam ComprehensivePartnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA) and the EU-VietnamFramework Participation Agreement (FPA).
Brieger thanked Vietnam for sending two officers to work aslecturers at the EU training mission in the Central African Republic, and affirmedthat the EU will continue to send their officers to support the Vietnam Departmentof Peacekeeping Operations.
Chien highly valued the outcomes of the bilateral cooperationin training, and proposed the EU side to continue to further promote cooperationin overcoming the war consequences in Vietnam.
At a meeting with Cipolla Christine, International Committeeof the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Asia-Pacific, Chien spokehighly of the fruitful cooperation between Vietnam and the ICRC in training, UNpeacekeeping, and war aftermath settlement.
At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Cipolla Christine, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Asia-Pacific (Photo: VNA)
He affirmed that the Government as well as ministries,sectors and agencies of Vietnam always pay great attention to humanitariancooperation, and thanked the ICRC for its support and cooperation in dealing with consequencesof dioxin, bombs and mines, and explosives left over from the war in Vietnam.
Christine lauded the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence’sefforts to popularise the International Humanitarian Law and the Law of ArmedConflict. She congratulated Vietnam for the country’s success in UN peacekeepingactivities.
During his stay in Singapore, Chien also had a meeting with JamesCrabtree, Executive Director of the InternationalInstitute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia, who thanked Vietnam for attendingthe 20th Shangri-La dialogue.
Chien congratulated the IISS and the Ministry of Defence ofSingapore for successfully organising the 20th Shangri-La dialogue.He affirmed that the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence highly values the event, andwill continue to attend the dialogue and meetings within the dialogue’sframework in the future.
The IISS Shangri-La Dialogue is Asia's premier defencesummit where ministers debate the region’s most pressingsecurity challenges, engage in important bilateral talks, and come up with freshapproaches together./.
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A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien is attending the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue that officially opened in Singapore on June 3.
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The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
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The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
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At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (second, left) and General Robert Brieger, Chairman of the EU Military Committee. (Photo: qdnd.vn) 
At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Cipolla Christine, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Asia-Pacific (Photo: VNA) 
