Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang affirmed the Vietnamese ministry's fully support for bilateral defence ties while receiving General Uchikura Hiroaki, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), in Ha Noi on June 2.

With the momentum of overall Viet Nam – Japan relations, defence cooperation will continue to intensify substantively and productively, serving as an important pillar of bilateral ties, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong has said.