Ministry of Defense: Russia will provide 20 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam in 2021
This morning, September 4, at the National Military Training Center 4, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang received Russian Deputy Defense Minister Krivoruchko Aleksei Iurievich in the framework of the International Military Sports Festival 2021 (Army Games) in Vietnam. At the meeting, General Phan Van Giang welcomed the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia to visit Vietnam and attended the closing ceremony of the Sniper and Accident Zone competition within the framework of the Army Games 2021. Emphasizing that Vietnam and Russia have a long-standing traditional friendship, the two peoples always give each other warm and good feelings, the Minister affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing the strategic partnership. comprehensively with Russia, is one of the priorities in Vietnam's foreign policy.
Defense relations and bilateral military-technical cooperation have always been interested by the leaders of the State and Governments of the two countries, facilitating expansion and deepening in many fields. The Minister said that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense ministries of the two countries have cared and supported each other in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. The Minister thanked Russia for supporting Vietnam with a number of Sputnik V vaccines, and will provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of vaccine in 2021. General Phan Van Giang said that this is the goodwill and affection of Russian friends for the Vietnamese people, and looks forward to Russia continuing to support vaccines for Vietnam in the future, especially in the context of the pandemic. COVID-19 disease is developing complicatedly in Vietnam as it is now.
Within the framework of the Army Games 2021, the Minister of National Defense of Vietnam received the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia - Photo: NAM TRAN
The Minister highly appreciated the results of the defense cooperation relationship over the past time, especially in the areas of high-level delegation exchange, training, military-technical cooperation, unit-level cooperation, and joint action at the State Department. regional mechanisms and forums; affirming that Vietnam supports and participates in the Army Games held in each country; highly appreciated the personal initiative of the Russian defense minister on Army Games. This is an important multilateral international activity that has always received the support and active participation of many countries, including Vietnam, contributing to strengthening the friendship and defense cooperation among the participating countries. The Minister said that in 2021, despite the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam will still send teams to compete in Russia. This is also the first time that the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam has hosted the two events of Sniper Sniper and Accident Zone within the framework of Army Games.
Through participating in the Army Games, Vietnamese teams continue to achieve encouraging successes and more importantly, officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army have the opportunity to learn and exchange experiences. training, using weapons and equipment for research and application at the unit. On behalf of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Deputy Minister Aleksei Yurievich congratulated the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam on successfully hosting the contest with 2 competitions: Sniper sniper and Accident area. He also expressed his wish that the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense would continue to pay attention to, support and participate in the Army Games 2022.
Reference as Tuoi Tre News