Navy leader welcomes new U.S. Defense Attaché

At the meeting, Rear Admiral Hung highlighted the glorious tradition of the VPN and mentioned a number of measures to boost friendship and cooperation between the two countries’ people, militaries, and navies.

At the reception

Over the past time, the VPN and the U.S. Navy (U.S.N.) have joined a number of activities, such as international conferences on underwater medicine, maritime security, humanitarian relief, and natural disaster mitigation. Especially, the two sides jointly organized several training courses in fields of mutual concern.

Particularly, warships of the U.S.N. paid port calls in Vietnam. During their stays, U.S. naval soldiers held exchanges with their Vietnamese peers, contributing to expanding mutual understanding and relationship.

Rear Admiral Luong Viet Hung (R) hands over a gift to Colonel Stevenson.

The Vietnamese general wanted Colonel Stevenson, in the coming time, to become a bridge to foster the bilateral defense cooperation ties. He underlined that the VPN is always willing to cooperate with the U.S.N. in delegation exchanges, port calls, search and rescue missions at sea, and other global and regional issues of mutual concern.

He also asked Colonel Stevenson to convey a letter from the VPN Commander inviting the U.S.N. Chief to visit Vietnam when the country takes the Chair of ASEAN in 2020 and hosts the International Fleet Review 2020 in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

In turn, Colonel Stevenson thanked the leader of the VPN for the warm reception.

Translated by Van Hieu