Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National DefenceSen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has proposed the Singaporean Ministry of Defenceto create conditions for its Vietnamese counterpart to access COVID-19vaccines and production technology transfer.
Chien made the proposal while hosting outgoing DefenceAttaché of Singapore Colonel Tan Chong Kuang Edmund and his successor ColonelBernard Ng Yu Long.
Congratulating Tan on his successful tenure in Vietnam, theVietnamese official welcomed the new defence attaché of Singapore.
Chien stated the Vietnamese Defence Ministry always attachesimportance to the Vietnam – Singapore strategic partnership, considering it the basis for continuously expanding and deepening the nation’s defence towardeffectiveness and practical outcomes in many aspects./.