The National Defence Academy should develop itself into a regional training and research centre by 2030 and a globally-recognised institution by 2045, aligning with the heroic stature of the Vietnamese military and people, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

Army medical corps from Vietnam and China took part in a video conference on COVID-19 prevention and control on May 20.

The first group of Vietnamese peacekeeping forces from the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 1 arrived back at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on November 21, fulfilling their mission in South Sudan.

Sent. Lieut. Gen. Pham Minh Ngoc, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam’s People Army (VPA), on August 9 urged the Vietnamese Hydrographic Office and the Hydrographic Department of the Royal Thai Navy to seek cooperation opportunities and soon sign a hydrographic cooperation between the two countries’ navies.