During a bilateral meeting, the Chinese side emphasized the need to accelerate the efforts of the two armies to improve collaboration, quality and efficiency.

“Work should be done to maintain the boost of cooperation in various sectors, including personnel training, joint exercises and international collaboration, while expanding new areas for more practical results,” Dong said.

For his part, Giang assured that the Vietnamese side will further strengthen collaboration with the Chinese military in mutual visits and friendly border exchanges and promote bilateral ties to a new level.

The meeting between the two ministers took place on the occasion of the state visit to China by Vietnam’s top leader To Lam and his meeting the day before with President Xi Jinping.

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