A seminar and a cultural and art exchange was held in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on November 20 as part of the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich (R) and his Chinese counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Wei Fenghe sign a memorandum of understanding (Source: VNA)
At the seminar, delegates reviewed cooperation between the
two countries’ border guard forces and people and discussed measures to increase
the effectiveness of bilateral border defence collaboration in the coming time.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut.
Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh said the defence exchange is co-chaired by the two defence
ministries, but the beneficiaries are the people, especially those in border
areas.
Through the exchanges, mutual understanding between
commanders, officers and soldiers has improved, helping them build trust and
work together to safeguard their nations.
Lieut. Gen. Shao Yuanming, Deputy Chief of the joint Staff
Department of China's Central Military Commission, said relations between the
two countries and armies have enjoyed positive development this year.
High-level meetings between the two armies have been held, during which their
leaders exchanged views on issues of shared concern and reached agreements.
Contributing ideas to increasing the effectiveness of
cooperation between units along the China-Vietnam borderline, Colonel Yang
Binbin, Commander of Mengzi Border Guard Force in China’s Yunnan province, said
the force has worked to help tighten ties between the two armies to protect the
border as well as security and stability between the two countries.
To diversify cooperation, he suggested both sides expand
cultural and sport exchanges, and strengthen coordination between local
authorities to increase trust between the armies and people in border areas.
After the seminar, Vietnamese Minister of National Defence
Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and his Chinese counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Wei Fenghe
signed a memorandum of understanding and agreed to hold the sixth edition of
the exchange in 2019.
The two ministers are scheduled to visit the Pac Bo
historical relic site in Cao Bang provinces, before wrapping up all activities
of the fifth exchange.
The first Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange
programme was held in 2014 in Quang Ninh province, the second took place in Lao
Cai in 2015, the third in Lang Son in 2016 and the fourth in Lai Chau last
year.
Source: VNA
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