National experimental polytechnic university of the armed forces

On September 20, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired a solemn reception for General Chalermphon Srisawasdi at the Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense. After the reception, the two sides held talks. During the talks, General Cuong affirmed the significance of the visit which takes place in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of their strategic partnership, contributing to creating new momentum for Vietnam - Thailand defense relations. On the basis of the bilateral friendship and fruitful cooperative relations, the cooperation between the two militaries has continuously developed with many practical and effective activities. Such cooperation mechanisms as defense policy dialogue; coast guard exchange; collaboration between arms and services; young officers’ exchange; information sharing; consultation; support to each other at ASEAN-led … [Read more...] about Thai Chief of Defense Forces visits Vietnam

In his speech, Pham Minh Chinh said that such challenges related to population aging, non-traditional security like climate change, epidemics, food, water resources, energy, transnational crime, and cybercrime are developing fiercely, causing serious consequences, while the global economy is facing many headwinds. According to the PM, the world is facing two choices: passively accepting challenges and risks at a very high price, or proactively adapting to, taking advantage of opportunities, solving challenges, and taking peace, stability and development cooperation as goals, the U.N. Charter and international law as the foundation, and dialogue and collaboration as tools. In particular, Vietnam chooses the second choice and hopes its partners also choose it, Pham Minh Chinh stated. Accordingly, Vietnam chooses the basic foundations to develop the country, with the goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry and high average income by 2030, and a developed, … [Read more...] about Prime Minister delivers policy speech at Georgetown University

Combining planning with building firm defensive area Embracing and implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No.64-KL/TW issued on October 30, 2019 on promoting the implementation of Resolution No.28-NQ/TW dated September 22, 2008 on building provinces and cities into firm defensive areas in the current context, Kim Bang district’s authorities always attach much importance to building the defensive area in line with building the all-people national defense and people's security. Especially, local programs and projects on developing the economy, culture, and society have been combined with planning on building military posture in defensive areas, with a spirit of "economic development in line with strengthening national defense and security." Therefore, the district’s authorities have closely worked with relevant forces to mobilize all economic resources to ensure defense and security, exploit local potential to attract investment and ensure social welfare, and combine … [Read more...] about Socio-economic development in line with building firm defensive areas