Over 30 rescuers and four trained elephants conducted a large-scale drill in Mae Taeng district to prepare for flash floods and evacuate animals.

The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) and the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications on October 5 presided over the deployment of 2021 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Drill (ACID 2021) for members of the emergency response network and IT units of ministries and agencies nationwide.

The Military Zone 7 High Command held a drill in response to the acute respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in order to make it well-prepared and ready for a possible outbreak in the southeastern region.

A drill on preventing the acute respiratory disease casued by a new coronavirus (nCoV) was held at the Hue Central Hospital in Phong Dien district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on February 2.

The schedule of 12 flights to and from the Con Dao airport in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been adjusted due to a drill held by the Con Dao district’s Military Command near the airport on May 29-30.

The Philippines and the United States on May 8 began their annual joint military exercise named “Balikatan” (Shoulder-to-shoulder).

Cambodia informed the US on January 16 that it is cancelling an annual joint military exercise for the next two years, even though planning for the event has begun.

Vietnam resolutely opposes Taiwan deploying a drill on November 28 in Ba Binh area belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, said Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Le Hai Binh.

A joint landing military exercise between the Philippines and the US, called Philippines Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 (or PHIBLEX), was launched on October 4.

China’s plan to carry out military exercises in an area that covers Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) in the East Sea has once again seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago.

Troops from the US and the Philippines have begun an annual military exercise called Balikatan (Shoulder to Shoulder) after a ceremony held in Manila on April 4.

Vietnamese network security experts joined their counterparts from 13 other countries in a large-scale drill on October 28 to improve response to cyber security incidences, focusing on malware attacks

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on August 21 organised an annual drill on emergency rescue at sea.

The Health Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) under the Ministry of Health (MoH) ran a community-based health emergency response drill on August 14 in Hanoi to enhance its performance.

Thousands of Filipinos participated in an earthquake drill held in the Metro Manila on July 30.