A nine-day Cambodian-Chinese military exercise on humanitarian rescue and disaster relief came to an end successfully on Friday, both sides said. The “Dragon Gold 2016” Exercise involved 377 soldiers, including 97 land troops from the…
The Philippines is set to receive a one-time grant of 100 million yuan (or about $14 million) from China for defense equipment, following the meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte with Chinese ambassador to the Philippines,…
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen expressed their pleasure at the fine advancements of the relations between Viet Nam and Cambodia and vowed to further consolidate and enhance the bilateral ties…
The two satellites, LOTUSat-1 and LOTUSat-2, are the first employing the high-resolution technology to capture images in various weather conditions. LOTUSat-1 and LOTUSat-2 are part of a US$600 million project to establish the Viet Nam National…
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat took place in Yangon on December 19 to discus situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. During the retreat, Myanmar’s State Counselor cum Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi briefed on the…
A delegation of senior leaders on Sunday paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946-December 19, 2016). The…
Viet Nam protests against all activities that encroach upon the country’s sovereignty, militarize and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le…
One out of the five TC-90 aircraft, earlier leased from Japan, will be arriving in the Philippines by the first quarter of 2017. This was disclosed by Philippine Navy (PN) spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna who…
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines for AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe 3D Air Search Radars and related equipment, support, and training. The estimated…
Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh held talks with his Malaysian counterpart, Dato’ Sri Mohd Johari Baharum, in Hanoi on December 14. At the meeting, the two sides acknowledged the practical outcomes of the two countries’…