Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General (SNR-LG) Nguyen Chi Vinh co-chaired the 9th Singapore-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue (DPD) with Permanent Secretary (Defence) Mr Chan Yeng Kit at the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) this afternoon. During the DPD, Mr Chan and SNR-LG Vinh reaffirmed the warm and friendly bilateral defence relationship between Singapore and Vietnam, and exchanged views on international and regional security issues of mutual interest, such as cooperation under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and the ADMM-Plus.

SNR-LG Vinh, who is in Singapore from 11 to 13 November 2018, also called on Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at MINDEF earlier this afternoon. 

In addition to the DPD, both defence establishments interact regularly through high-level visits, professional exchanges, cross-attendance of courses and port calls.