Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy-Chief-of-the-General Staff of the VPA, hosted the banquet with the participation of leaderships of army corps, general departments, and agencies under the MND and cadres and officers in charge of external relations.

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 Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh at a ceremony to launch military training season. Photo for illustration

On behalf of the MND, Gen. Minh expressed his pleasure at the invited guests’ attendance and reviewed outstanding achievements of the VPA over the past 73 years of construction and development.

Gen. Minh also took this chance to thank international friends, especially foreign ambassadors and military attachés for their practical contributions to enhancing the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and their countries in different fields, including defense cooperation.

He hoped the ties between the VPA and foreign militaries would further develop for the benefit of each country and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world as a whole.

On behalf of the invited guest, Colonel Ton That Tuan, Defense Attaché of the US and Head of the foreign military attaché corps to Vietnam, congratulated the VPA on its founding anniversary and on its important accomplishments this year.

He believed that in 2018, the VPA and foreign militaries would organize more exchanges and promote their cooperation in order to develop their sustainable and effective relationship.

Translated by Mai Huong