Vietnam attends ASEAN conference on defense and security

The event was chaired by Lieutenant General Nem Sowathey, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Policy and Foreign Affairs under the Cambodian Ministry of Defense.

Major General Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the MND’s Institute for Defense Strategy, attends the event.

The delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense (MND), led by Major General Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the MND’s Institute for Defense Strategy, attended the event from Hanoi.

During the three days from March 21 to 23, delegates from 13 defense and security research institutes of ASEAN member countries and the NADI Secretariat will exchange views on the defense and security environment in the region and the world at present.

Delegates join the event via video conferencing.

The delegates will also assess the progress and achievements of NADI over the past 15 years and propose orientations for defense cooperation among ASEAN member countries in the coming time.

As planned, the head of the Vietnamese delegation will deliver a speech at the 4th session, themed “The road-map for NADI to support ASEAN defense cooperation.”

Translated by Tran Hoai