Mongolian defence minister visits Vietnam

PANO – An official ceremony to welcome Mongolian Minister of Defence Luvsanvandan Bold was held at the Headquarters of Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence on December 8 th on his friendship official visit to Vietnam. Mr. Bold visits Vietnam from December 7 th – 10 th at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, General Phung Quang Thanh. At the talks after the ceremony, General Phung Quang Thanh stressed that this the Mongolian minister’s first visit to Vietnam becomes an important milestone, opening a new phase in defence relations between the two countries, and contributing to promoting the traditional friendship between the people of the two countries. In his turn, Mr. Bold said that this visit would be a good chance to learn experiences from Vietnam People’s Army. He also believed that the visit would help boost defence relations between the two armies, especially in dealing with non-traditional security challenges, cooperating in exchanging visits, officer exchanges and military medicine. Mr. Bold said that Vietnam People’s Army had lots of experiences in military medicine that Mongolia wants to learn from. At their talks, General Phung Quang Thanh also asked relevant agencies of the two countries to soon finalise the preparation for defence cooperation agreement to be signed at an appropriate time. Especially, the two ministers also agreed to open defence offices at the capitals of the two countries. Translated by Ngoc Hung