Vietnam strengthen defence cooperation with Laos, Cambodia
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong had bilateral meetings with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath, and Cambodian Deputy Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 4.
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong (L) and Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’sArmy (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen TanCuong had bilateral meetings with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath, and Cambodian Deputy Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 4.
The meetings took place as Cuong is in Laos to attend the ASEAN DefenceMinisters’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) from March 4 to 6.
Meeting with the Lao official, Cuong affirmed that the Vietnamese Ministryof National Defence always supports and stands ready to assist the Lao side to successfullyorganise military-defence events when Laos is holding the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2024.
Chansamone, for his part, welcomed the high-level delegation fromthe Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence to attend the ADMM-Retreat, expressing his beliefthat their attendance will contribute to the meeting’s success.
Both sides evaluated the bilateral cooperation over the past time, anddiscussed cooperation orientations in the coming time, particularly in the areasof Party and political affairs, border management and protection, human resourcestraining and defence industry.
The Lao official said he hoped the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence willsupport the Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Action of the ADMM Plus(ADMM+) for 2024-2027 co-chaired by Laos and Russia.
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong (R) and Cambodian Deputy Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha. (Photo: VNA)
In the meeting with Tea Seiha, Cuong expressed his delight at the sound Vietnam- Cambodia defence cooperation in 2023 as both sides worked closely and effectivelyin the fields of high-level delegation exchanges, human resources training,and exchange of young officers.
They agreed that the two armies should continue their traditional cooperationand solidarity, serving as a pillar in the Vietnam-Cambodia good neighbourliness, traditionalfriendship, and comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability.
Besides, they concurred to direct competent agencies and units to carry out and review the protocol on defence cooperation between the two ministries during the2020-2024 period and map out another for the 2025-2029 period.
Cuong took this occasion to invite leaders from the Cambodian defence ministry,royal military and enterprises to attend the 80th foundinganniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army, and the 2nd Vietnam InternationalDefence Expo scheduled to be held at the end of this year./.
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Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong (L) and Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath. (Photo: VNA) 
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong (R) and Cambodian Deputy Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha. (Photo: VNA) 
