Vietnam and North Korea pledge closer defence ties during Hanoi talks
Deputy defence ministers said the two countries saw positive results in delegation exchanges, political work and training and will implement a 2025 cooperation letter.
- On Thursday in Hanoi, Vietnamese Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Thang met North Korean counterpart Ryo Chol Ung to deepen defense cooperation, with Vietnam's defence ministry reporting "positive results" from the bilateral talks.
- Vietnam and North Korea maintain diplomatic ties dating back to the Cold War, both among the world's five communist-ruled countries alongside China, Cuba, and Laos. Last month, Vietnam announced plans to renovate a cemetery for North Korean servicemen killed during the Vietnam War.
- Thang called on both sides to implement a defense cooperation letter of intent signed in 2025, emphasizing exchanges of delegations, party and political work, and education and training initiatives.
- Meanwhile, North Korea said yesterday that South Korea would become a "decisive target" for collective retaliation if it served as a hub in a US-led collective defense system, state media KCNA reported.
- The US stations about 28,500 military personnel in South Korea to deter aggression, a deployment that Kang Chol-su, director at the Institute for Enemy State Studies, criticized in commentary for enabling US global hegemony.
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Vietnam, N Korea to deepen defense ties
Vietnam and North Korea will deepen their defense cooperation after some recent “positive results,” Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence said after talks between the countries’ deputy ministers of defense in Hanoi this week.Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Truong Thang held ta
Vietnam and North Korea pledge closer defence ties
THE country will deepen its defence cooperation with North Korea after some recent "positive results", Vietnam's defence ministry said after talks between the countries' deputy defence ministers in Hanoi this week.
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Vietnam and North Korea pledge closer defence ties during Hanoi talks
Vietnam and North Korea will deepen their defence cooperation after some recent "positive results", Vietnam’s defence ministry said after talks between the countries' deputy defence ministers in Hanoi this week.
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