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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 29 called on the entire Party, people, and the army to put in a greater effort to fulfil socio-economic development tasks set for 2022.

PSNews - On the occasion of the General's 110th birthday and the 77th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army, the Vietnam Women's Museum kicked off an exhibition about General Vo Nguyen GIao on December 21. 

Vietnamese and Russian leaders have always stayed ready to expand bilateral defence ties and military-technical cooperation, according to Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang.

The Ministry of Defense and the Steering Committee for the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign held a briefing on August 10 to assess the progress of vaccination after a month of implementation.

Two training vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force arrived at Tien Sa port on March 6, beginning a visit to the central city of Da Nang.

A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh is paying a working visit to China from February 19 to 22. 

Thousands of young people nationwide are leaving home to join the army for their military service in late February.

Lao Defence Minister Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath received former volunteer soldiers and advisors of Vietnam in Vientiane on January 19, saying that his country never forgets the enormous support and sacrifice that they gave to its revolutionary cause.

The Defence Ministry held a banquet in Hanoi on December 14 for foreign defence and military attaché, and ambassadors on the occasion of the 74th founding anniversary of Vietnam People’s Army and the 29th anniversary of All-People Defence Festival. 

Vice Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy met with high-ranking naval officials of Japan and India in Jeju Island, the Republic of Korea on October 11, a day before the 16th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) opens.

More than 600,000 people from the army, militia and military reserve are ready to be mobilised to respond to storm Bebinca, forecast to hit the mainland of Vietnam on the night of August 16.

PSNews –Hundreds of Police and Army officers and soldiers were deployed to the landslide site in Khanh hamlet, Phu Cuong commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh, for rescue missions.