Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 9 for newly-appointed Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam Carmen Cano De Lasala, during which he highlighted ample room for the two countries' cooperation in defence.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on January 16 handed over the newly-built command headquarter of the Infantry Division 1 of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) to the Lao side as a gift for the Lao defence ministry.

A Vietnamese delegation joined an international online conference on the preparation for the 2021 Army Games on June 3, which saw the participation of representatives from 40 countries and territories.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the French Defence Attache Office in Vietnam launched an exchange of medical expertise in Hanoi on November 12 for staff of level 1 field hospital under the engineer corps of the Vietnam United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.

The Vietnam-funded headquarters of the Lao military art troupe was handed over to the Lao military in Vientiane on April 10.

A mobile training team from the Indian Army is visiting Vietnam to help train Vietnamese sappers for UN peacekeeping missions.

Leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence always create favourable conditions for cooperation between the general technical departments of Vietnamese and Lao people’s armies, a senior officer has said.

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces inaugurated the officer training school’s headquarters in Kampong Speu province, which was funded by the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence.