Seoul (VNA) – Deputy Defence Minister, Sen.Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh expressed his wish to foster defence cooperation, apillar in Vietnam – the Republic of Korea (RoK) ties during a meeting with RoKDeputy Foreign Minister Kang Jeong-sik in Seoul on September 12.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the meeting ofASEAN – RoK deputy defence ministers held the same day in the city.

Vinh said in the near future, Vietnam will continuewelcoming Korean naval vessels, and Vietnamese naval vessels will also attend aninternational fleet review in the RoK.

Informing Kang that Vietnam will see off its level-2 fieldhospital to South Sudan in early October, Vinh suggested boosting joint work inthe United Nations peacekeeping mission and continuing support to Vietnam inpost-war recovery, especially in bomb and mine clearance.

He wished that the RoK would consider suitable cooperationin dioxin clearance in Vietnam.

Kang, for his part, described Vietnam as a major partner inthe RoK’s New Southern Policy. He vowed to continue stepping up developmentprojects, including post-war recovery in Vietnam.

He also pledged to do his best to promote bilateralcooperation, including in national defence.

In another meeting the same day, Deputy Defence MinisterVinh and Canadian Deputy Defence Minister Judy Thomas expressed their satisfactionabout joint work in the exchange of delegations, training, the UN peacekeepingmission, and visits of naval vessels.

Both sides agreed to boost all-around ties towards thesigning of a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defence cooperation and athree-year cooperation plan.

The Vietnamese side welcomed and expressed support toCanada’s involvement in the ASEANDefence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) cooperation mechanism on thebasis of ASEAN’s consensus.-VNA