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Vietnamese delegation at the event |
The Chief of Army Symposium is biennially organized by Australia to strengthen meeting, exchange, and experience sharing among chiefs of armies; introduce technological equipment and newest defense industry products of national armies. This year's event saw the attendance of chiefs of armies of Japan, Mongolia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, Canada, France, and England, among others.
Gen. Nghia attended discussions, themed “Adaptation through innovation,” “The Army leads adaptation,” “Adaptation through people,” and “Adaptation through collaboration.”
On the sidelines of the event, the Vietnamese Deputy Chief of the General Staff had a bilateral meeting with Australian Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, during which he highlighted the outcomes of the bilateral defense cooperation over the past time, including the official visit of the Vietnamese Chief of the General Staff to Australia in July, and expected that the two sides would continue to carry out reached cooperation contents to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia (third from the left) meeting with Bangladeshi delegation |
At the bilateral meeting with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff General Yasunori Morishita, Gen. Nghia congratulated him on his new appointment as Chief of Staff of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. He spoke highly of the cooperation outcomes between the Vietnam People’s Army and the Japanese Self-Defense Force.
At the meeting, the two sides agreed to foster the defense cooperation in fields reached by the two defense ministries and work together to organize activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam - Japan diplomatic ties (September 21, 1973 - 2023).
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At the meeting between Vietnamese and Mongolian delegations |
Gen. Nghia also had bilateral meetings with head delegates of the U.S., Mongolia, and Bangladesh and met with representatives of some participating armies. During the conversations, the Vietnamese Deputy Chief of the General Staff highly appreciated the coordination of armies with Vietnam’s in carrying cooperation contents over the past time and emphasized that the Vietnamese General Staff would like to strengthen defense relations in general and army cooperation in particular with other countries in accordance with each side’s demand and capability, especially in training, U.N. peacekeeping operations, response to non-traditional security issues, military medicine, and settlement of war legacy.
Translated by Tran Hoai