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On June 23, in Hanoi, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense received Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam James Nickel. Download General Phan Van Giang, Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Vietnam James Nickel at the reception - Photo: VGP/Nguyen Hoang Expressing his pleasure to see the Vietnam-Canada Comprehensive Partnership developing positively, increasingly deepening and substantively in many fields, General Phan Van Giang emphasized, on the basis of signed documents and agreements, including the Memorandum of Understanding Remembering cooperation in the field of defense (signed in 2019) and the 3-year Defense Cooperation Plan for the period 2024-2026, bilateral defense cooperation has been effectively implemented in many fields, such as delegation exchange, dialogue-consultation, training, UN peacekeeping, defense industry, maritime security... General Phan Van Giang thanked the Canadian Ministry of National Defense for providing many short-term training scholarships abroad within the framework Military Training and Cooperation Program (MTCP) for students and officers of the Vietnam Peoples Army in majors suitable to their needs; At the same time, he said that the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam is ready to receive soldiers from the Canadian Ministry of National Defense to study Vietnamese and participate in international defense officer courses at academies and schools. Appreciating the results of cooperation achieved in recent times, General Phan Van Giang proposed that in his working position, Ambassador James Nickel continue to pay attention and create conditions for the two countries Ministries of Defense to coordinate in implementing agreed defense cooperation activities, focusing on contents such as: Exchanges delegations at all levels, especially senior ones; training cooperation; United Nations peacekeeping; rescue-rescue; network security; border management; overcome the consequences of war; mutual consultation in multilateral cooperation mechanisms on defense and security... Download General Phan Van Giang asked Ambassador James Nickel to continue paying attention and creating conditions for the two countries Ministries of Defense to coordinate in implementing agreed defense cooperation activities - Photo: VGP/Nguyen Hoang On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Phan Van Giang informed Ambassador James Nickel about the Vietnam Ministry of National Defenses plan to organize the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition. Nam for the third time in December 2026. General Phan Van Giang respectfully invited Ambassador James Nickel to attend the event; At the same time, he said that the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam has sent an invitation to the leaders of the Canadian Ministry of National Defense and is ready to create conditions for Canadian businesses to come to Vietnam to introduce products and explore cooperation opportunities at the exhibition. General Phan Van Giang affirmed that the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for Ambassador James Nickel to successfully complete his tasks during his term of office in Vietnam, contributing to promoting the growing friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Sincerely thank the General. Phan Van Giang spent time receiving, Ambassador James Nickel expressed his joy at witnessing Vietnams socio-economic development achievements over the past time; At the same time, he highly appreciated Vietnams increasing role and position in the region and in the international arena. Emphasizing that the Vietnam-Canada Comprehensive Partnership is actively developing in many fields, Ambassador James Nickel affirmed that defense cooperation is one of the important pillars of bilateral relations, achieving many practical results in recent times. Ambassador James Nickel said that defense cooperation between the two countries still has a lot of development potential and affirmed that he will make efforts to promote it. promoting bilateral defense cooperation in particular, the Vietnam-Canada partnership in general is increasingly profound and effective, focusing on areas of mutual interest such as training, United Nations peacekeeping, defense industry and a number of other potential areas of cooperation./.Nguyen HoangSee moreGeneral Phan Van Giang receives Acting Secretary of the US NavySee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives Secretary General ASEANSee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives Deputy Secretary of State of the United StatesSee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Izumi NakamitsuSee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of JapanSee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to VietnamSee moreDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang receives the US Congressional Delegation
