Vietnam and Germany expand defense cooperation

On the same day in Berlin, Mr. Thomas Hitschler, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany, inked the cooperation agreement.

Ahead of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Vietnam visit from November 13-14, the signing of the agreement on defense cooperation between Vietnam and Germany lifted the bilateral defense relations to a new height, creating a driving force for further cooperation in exchange of delegations at all levels, sharing strategic issues of mutual concern, training, military medicine, U.N. peacekeeping and other fields.

The signing of the agreement contributed to strengthening the Vietnam - Germany strategic partnership, especially bilateral defense relations in more a substantive and effective manner.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien signs the cooperation agreement in the presence of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gottschalk, German Defense Attaché to Vietnam and Vietnamese Defense Ministry’s representative.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gottschalk at the signing ceremony in Hanoi

Mr. Thomas Hitschler, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany, inks the cooperation agreement in the presence of Senior Colonel Nguyen Tuan Minh, Vietnamese Defense Attaché to Germany.

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany Thomas Hitschler and Senior Colonel Nguyen Tuan Minh at the signing ceremony in Berlin

Colonel Minh hands over a souvenir to Mr. Thomas Hitschler.

Translated by Quynh Oanh