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VN, Russia armies enhance cooperation

VGP – Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army Phan Van Giang on February 18 hosted a reception for Chief of the Military Academy of the Russian Federation Armed Forces’ General Staff V.B. Zarudnitsky in Ha Noi.

February 19, 2019 4:38 PM GMT+7

Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army Phan Van Giang receives Chief of the Military Academy of the Russian Federation Armed Forces’ General Staff V.B. Zarudnitsky in Ha Noi, February 18, 2019 - Photo: VNA

At the reception, Mr. Zarudnitsky informed his host on the outcomes of his talks with Viet Nam's National Defense Academy. Accordingly, the two academies discussed a number of cooperation contents, while learning about each other’s teaching facilities and syllabus.

Lauding the outcomes of the talks, Mr. Giang suggested the two armies to further expand collaboration, thus contributing to the friendship, solidarity and traditional cooperation between the two nations and their armies.

He also took the occasion to highlight the friendship and collaboration between the Vietnamese and Russian states, people, and armies in the past as well as in their current national construction and protection cause.

By Hoang Ha