Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien expressed his hope that the Malaysian Ministry of Defence will support efforts to accelerate the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two governments on cooperation in law enforcement and search and rescue operations at sea.

The 2020 Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue was held online on November 24, under the chair of Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (IPSA) David F. Helvey.

Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, hosted a reception for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo in Hanoi on November 10.