The 4th Viet Nam-Indonesia defence policy dialogue was held in Jakarta on September 18, co-chaired by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Viet Nam, and Lieut. Gen. Tri Budi Utomo, Secretary General of the Indonesian Ministry of Defence.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Italian Undersecretary of State for Defence Matteo Perego di Cremnago co-chaired the 5th Viet Nam – Italy Defence Policy Dialogue in Ha Noi on July 2.