PANO – The Commando Corps held a conference in Ninh Thuan province on June 29th to review its task fulfillment in the first half of 2016 and kick off missions for the last six months of the year. In the first half of 2016, the Commando Corps strictly, comprehensively, and successfully implemented resolutions of the Party and its assigned missions. The conference Regarding military missions, the Standing Committee of the Corps’ Party Committee and Chain-of-Command well grasped and implemented Directive No. 21 of the General Staff issued on December 11th 2015 on the military-defense missions in 2016. The corps regularly made reviews, adjustments, and supplements to operational documents, and practiced shifting combat readiness postures in accordance with different missions. Especially, the corps sent troops to participate in the ADMM+ Multilateral Naval Field Training Exercise in Singapore with high results and absolute safety. Training courses of commando … [Read more...] about Commando Corps kicks off missions for second half of year
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BTV Cup 2019 to kick off in Binh Duong province
Vietnam's U20 football team will take part in the BTV Cup on December 14-18. (Photo: thethao247.vn) Binh Duong (VNA) - The 20th International Binh Duong Television (BTV) Football Cup will be held at Go Dau Stadium in southern Binh Duong province from December 14-18. The annual tournament will feature Myanmar U20, Cambodia U20, Vietnam U20 and the hosts Becamex Binh Duong FC. This year, the organisers have changed the competition format. Instead of playing in round robin format, teams will play a knockout fixture with the two winners advancing to the final. The champions will walk away with 500 million VND (21,600 USD). Binh Duong will play Myanmar in the opener, while Vietnam will face Cambodia in a later match on December 14. Last year, Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC won the tournament with three wins and one loss./. VNA … [Read more...] about BTV Cup 2019 to kick off in Binh Duong province
US aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam next year
A United States aircraft carrier is expected to pay a visit to Vietnam as soon as next year, according to an announcement following a recent meeting between military leaders from the two nations. Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense Ngo Xuan Lich joined talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, as part of his visit to the North American country from August 7 to 10, the Vietnam News Agency reported. During their conversation, the two officials reached consensus that a U.S. aircraft carrier would visit the Southeast Asian nation at the beginning of next year. It will be the first visit by a U.S. carrier to Vietnam since 1975. The trip was planned to build on the mutual trust between the two nations’ peoples and militaries while contributing to the advancement of friendship and bilateral defense and security cooperation. At the meeting, Lich stated that Vietnam considers the U.S. one of its most important partners and seeks to prioritize the … [Read more...] about US aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam next year
TV editor nabbed for buying stolen scooters
Police in Hanoi have detained 29-year-old Nguyen Thanh Tung, an editor at the Vietnam Television Corporation (VTC), and another man for buying six scooters even though they knew that the vehicles were stolen property. The editor and his accomplice, Nguyen Quyet, 26, were arrested on August 15 on charges of “harboring or consuming property acquired through the commission of crime by other persons,” under Article 250 of the Penal Code. Tung is a native of Nam Dinh Province but resides in Hanoi, while Quyet is from Ha Nam province and also lives in the capital. On August 13, a traffic police team stopped Nguyen Van Dat, 24, of Ha Nam province, who was driving an Air Blade, for a traffic violation. Since Dat had no papers related to the scooter, police handed the vehicle over to Hanoi’s anti-social crime police for investigation. Dat told police that he had borrowed the bike from Quyet, who was later summoned by police for questioning. From Quyet’s testimony, … [Read more...] about TV editor nabbed for buying stolen scooters