At the reception, General Chien affirmed that Vietnam and Romania have enjoyed a traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation. The Vietnamese people always treasure the precious support of Romania and Romanian people in the national resistance wars against foreign invaders in the past, and the cause of national construction and defense.

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Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien receiving Romanian Ambassador to Vietnam Cristina Romila

For her part, Romanian Ambassador to Vietnam Cristina Romila underscored that Romania values the Vietnam-Romania traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation over the past 70 years. She hoped that the relations will be deepened and developed in many fields, especially in defense cooperation.

The two sides also agreed to further promote the bilateral defense cooperation in some fields, such as exchanges at all levels, personnel training, war legacy settlement, and sharing of experience in U.N. peacekeeping operations, among others.

Translated by Minh Anh