Hanoi, Oct. 29 -- The meetings took place on the sidelines of the 20th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Cebu, the Philippines.

During his meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles, the two sides noted that the bilateral defense cooperation has developed positively, particularly through all-level delegation exchanges; dialogue and consultation; UN peacekeeping operations; military medicine; naval cooperation; and experience-sharing.

Phan expressed his sincere appreciation to the Australian Department of Defense for providing aircraft to transport Viet Nam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 8 to the UN Mission in South Sudan...