( Bqp.vn ) - On the morning of August 14, in Hanoi, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of National Defense, received Colonel Khuong Ba, Chinese Defense Attaché in Vietnam.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien received Colonel Khuong Ba.

At the reception, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien assessed that in the past time, implementing the strategic instructions of the two countries' senior leaders, on the basis of the Vietnam - China Joint Statement on upgrading the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a Vietnam - China Community of Shared Future with strategic significance with the orientation of "6 more", including more substantive defense - security cooperation, bilateral defense cooperation has been promoted by both sides and achieved many good results, outstanding in many fields, such as: Exchange of high-level delegations; management cooperation; border protection; successful organization of the 8th Vietnam - China Border Defense Friendship Exchange; cooperation between military and service branches.

Reception scene.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien suggested that in the coming time, the two sides continue to coordinate and actively promote bilateral defense cooperation, focusing on a number of contents, including: Exchange of delegations at all levels, especially high-level; cooperation in border management and protection; cooperation between military and service branches; exchanges of young officers; Party work and political work.

Thanking Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien for taking the time to meet him, Colonel Khuong Ba emphasized that defense cooperation is one of the important pillars in the relationship between the two countries. In recent times, bilateral defense cooperation has achieved many important results, contributing greatly to promoting the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership between the two countries. Believing that the potential and room for cooperation between the two countries is still very large, Colonel Khuong Ba affirmed that he will continue to make efforts to promote the Vietnam - China relationship in general, and defense cooperation between the two countries in particular, to develop more and more strongly.

Manh Hung