The Vietnamese general’s participation in the event was at the invitation of Admiral John C. Aquilino, Chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and General Angus J. Campbell, Chief of the Australian Defense Force.
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan (left) attends the event. |
Together with General Tan, senior military leaders from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, some ASEAN member states, Timor Leste, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji, the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Chile, Colombia, France and Peru attended the three-day CHOD 2022.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Promoting the Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific.”
During the conference which opened on July 25, General Tan participated in discussions on climate change and security implications for the Indo-Pacific, advanced technologies and impacts on Indo-Pacific security, and impacts of current security challenges on the Indo-Pacific.
On the sidelines of the event, the Vietnamese general had bilateral meetings with other head delegates, namely Admiral John C. Aquilino, Chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; Lt. Gen. Ganzorig Dovchinsuren, Chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces; and General Angus J. Campbell, Chief of the Australian Defense Force.
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Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan meets with General Angus J. Campbell, Chief of the Australian Defense Force. |
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Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan meets with Lt. Gen. Ganzorig Dovchinsuren, Chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces. |
CHOD is an annual event co-hosted by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command since 1998 with the aim of boosting mutual understanding and cooperation among defense chiefs and militaries of countries in the Indo-Pacific.
Translated by Mai Huong