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PANO – A Vietnamese high-ranking military delegation led by Senor Lieutenant General Nguyen Huy Hieu, Deputy Minister of Defence, paid a working visit to Portugal and the Czech Republic from Oct 24th-30th at the invitation of the latters’ Ministries of Defence.

During the visits, the Vietnamese military delegation exchanged views with its counterparts, in these two countries, on measures to strengthen bilateral military ties and visited several army units in the European nations.

These visits are aimed at promoting friendship and military cooperation between Vietnam, Portugal, and the Czech Republic respectively and seeking cooperation in supplying defense technical equipment and overcoming war consequences. The tri-parties also discussed other questions of mutual concern.

Translated by Vu Hung