Vietnam attends 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference in Seoul
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Pham Hong Huong attended the 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (PACC) which began in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on September 18.
Delegates at the opening ceremony of the 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (Source: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) - Deputy Chief ofthe General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Pham Hong Huong attended the 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (PACC) and the 41st Pacific ArmiesManagement Seminar (PAMS) which began in Seoul, the Republic of Korea onSeptember 18.
Vietnam’s presence at the events manifestedthe country’s active role in regional and international issues as well as itshope to intensify cooperation with other countries in solving securitychallenges.
This was also a chance for Vietnam to expressits points of view on security and development issues and to safeguard nationalinterests, and preparation for co-chairing the 42nd PAMS with the USArmy Pacific in the country in 2018.
At the events, experts agreed that climatechange, rapidly developing technology, increasing wealth gaps, anduncontrollable urbanisation and migration have increased international securityissues such as terrorism, cyber attacks, refugee crises, natural disasters anddiseases.
Solving all these challenges requires theinvolvement of the countries’ armies, they said.
Participants also proposed measures to boostcollaboration in training, and improving the capacity of responding to statesof emergency, sharing information and experience, and building a coordinationmechanism between military and civil forces.
The biennial PACC was launched in 1999 topromote ties among leading army officers in the region.
The 10th PACC has broughttogether army chiefs of staff and senior commanders from 29 Indo-Asia-Pacificcountries under the theme of "Unity of Effort: Building Civil-MilitaryPartnerships in Land Force Response to Non-Traditional Security Threats."
Meanwhile, the PAMS, initiated by the USArmy Pacific, has been held annually since 1978.
On the sidelines of these events, LieutenantGeneral Pham Hong Huong had bilateral meetings with delegation heads of theRepublic of Korea, Japan, China and the US.
Huong affirmed that defence cooperationbetween Vietnam and the countries has received much attention and has producedpositive results.-VNA
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Delegates at the opening ceremony of the 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (Source: VNA)
