PANO – Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, led a delegation of the defense ministry, checked final preparations for the Vietnam International Defense Expo 2022 at Gia Lam Airport on December 7.

Speaking at the event, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien required all forces to continue promoting high responsibilities, focusing on their assigned missions, completing all preparations for the opening ceremony and the expo’s activities.

The Vietnam International Defense Expo 2022 will take place from December 8 to 10 at Gia Lam Airport, Hanoi with the participation of about 170 businesses and partners from 30 countries worldwide. The event will feature combat vehicles, technological solutions, weapons, military equipment for the naval force, air defense - air force, cyber space combat force, and so on.

The event will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be free to the public on December 9 from 14:00 to 18:00 and on December 10 all day.

Here are several photos taken at the expo ground on December 7 by reporters of the People’s Army Newspaper.

Translated by Trung Thanh