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.
Nguyen Truong Thang, Vietnam’s deputy defence minister, held talks on Thursday with his North Korean counterpart Ryo Chol-ung, who was part of a visiting defence delegation, the ministry said.
Thang said there had been “positive results” in areas including exchanges of delegations, party and political work, and education and training, and called on both sides to implement a defence cooperation letter of intent signed in 2025.
Ryo spoke highly of the traditional ties between the two ruling parties, the two states and the two armed forces, and discussed a number of matters related to bilateral defence cooperation, according to the statement. — Reuters
