Vietnam, Belarus boost defense cooperation

Vietnamese Minister of Defense, General Phung Quang Thanh, met here on Tuesday with First Deputy Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus, and Deputy Chairman of the Belarus-Vietnam Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation ( ICMTC), Golovchenko Roman Alexandrovich. Thanh welcomed Belarus guests, saying their visit would be a good opportunity for both the Vietnam and Belarus sub-committees to exchange news and review results of their cooperation. Alexandrovich informed the host of the outcome from the 12th session of the Vietnam-Belarus Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation, expecting that the signed agreements would soon be implemented. Prior to the meeting, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Truong Quang Khanh, who is Chairman of the Vietnam sub-committee in the Vietnam-Belarus ICMTC, and Alexandrovich signed documents of the 12th session.