The Vietnamese delegation was welcomed by General Charat Umsamrit, Director of the DTI, and the institute’s leadership and staff.
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Thailand’s DTI leadership welcomes General Nguyen Tan Cuong. |
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong poses for a group photo with the DTI’s leadership and other delegates. |
During the visit, the delegation was briefed on the DTI’s functions, responsibilities, and defense technology research and development activities. Operating under Thailand’s Ministry of Defense, the institute connects defense agencies, services, research institutions, and businesses to promote researching, designing, prototyping, testing, and developing domestic products.
Its main areas of activity include defense technology research, defense industry development, product testing and evaluation, training, and technical support. Research priorities cover weapons systems, armored vehicles, unmanned systems, and simulation technologies for training.
Speaking at the meeting, General Nguyen Tan Cuong thanked the DTI’s leadership and staff for their warm reception and praised the institute’s achievements in defense science and technology research, development, and application.
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong writing in the guestbook at Thailand’s DTI. |
He stressed Viet Nam’s defense industry development strategy, which emphasizes autonomy, self-reliance, resilience, dual-use capabilities, and modernization in support of an all-people defense. In recent years, the General Department of Defense Industry, the Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel), and other defense industrial establishments have gradually mastered key foundational and core technologies and developed modern weapons and military equipment.
General Nguyen Tan Cuong proposed that the DTI cooperate with the General Department of Defense Industry and Viettel to explore opportunities in areas of mutual interest and strength, based on each side’s needs and capabilities. Potential areas include unmanned aerial vehicles, simulation technologies for training, and dual-use products and technical solutions that serve both defense requirements and civilian needs, including search and rescue operations.
He also introduced the third Viet Nam Defense Expo, scheduled to take place in Hanoi this December, and would welcome Thai defense companies, including the DTI, to participate and showcase their products.
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Delegates attend the meeting at the institute. |
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong views defense industry products developed by the institute. |
During the visit, General Nguyen Tan Cuong wrote in the institute’s guestbook, posed for photographs with its leadership and other delegates, and toured an exhibition of defense products, including armored vehicles, small arms, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Translated by Tran Hoai