A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staft of the VPA, visited Alabino training ground in Moscow, Russia, and encouraged Vietnamese officers and soldiers joining the ongoing International Army Games 2021.
After three days of official competition, Vietnam ranked eighth among 43 countries and territories joining in the International Army Games 2021 as of August 25.
Joining voters across the country, constituents of the Vietnam People’s Army exercised the right and duty to vote on May 23 to select deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026.
At the meeting,
ASEAN military operations chiefs exchanged views on the regional and global security situation, especially traditional
and non-traditional security challenges that are directly affecting the ASEAN region.
They reviewed the outcomes of and set out orientations for cooperation among ASEAN armies, including their
operations forces, in the time ahead.
The officers also discussed
the updating of the ASEAN armies work plan for 2021-2022, which was
adopted in 2020 when Vietnam took over the role as ASEAN Chair.
Addressing the meeting, Can
stressed that amid complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic,
non-traditional security challenges remain a permanent factor of uncertainty,