PANO – General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence, attended the 16th Vietnamese Defence Attaché Conference in Hanoi on January 10th.

Vietnamese defence attachés have promptly proposed the Party, State and Army to well address defence strategic issues, contributing to firmly protecting the national territory integrity and its sovereignty over sea and islands, and beefing up the socio-economy and national defence and security.

In addition, they helped promote the national defence external relations and position of the Vietnam People’s Army in the region and world.

Many defence attachés were conferred merit certificates by the Government and the Ministry of National Defence.

Speaking at the conference, the General Phung Quang Thanh stressed that in coming years, defence attachés should further train themselves to improve their political and professional expertise, especially in foreign languages, to meet the increasing demands of their tasks.

Translated by Van Hieu