PANO - The direct telephone hotline would be important for the Defence Ministries of Vietnam and China to timely share information of mutual concern, contributing to boosting cooperation, understanding and mutual trust between the two armies and peoples.

This was stated by Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, at the reception given to Mr. Miao Hongbo, Head of the Chinese Zong Nanhai Telegraph Office on February 25th at the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s Headquarters in Hanoi.

The guest briefed the host on his working session with the Signal Arm and stressed that his office would actively team with the Vietnamese unit to study technical standards to ensure the effective operation of the hotline, which is expected to be operational later this year.

Translated by Mai Huong