Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 16th Viet Nam–Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue in central Da Nang city on October 28.

Deputy Minister Hoang Xuan Chien voiced his confidence that Malaysia will successfully chair both ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM-Plus (ADMM+), strengthening collective solidarity and capacity within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to respond flexibly and proactively to emerging security issues.