Deputy Defence Minister meets UNDP representative
VGP – Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh in Ha Noi on November 15 received Kamal Malhotra, Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative to Viet Nam.
The two sides discussed several issues relating to an international conference on improving Viet Nam’s peacekeeping capacity co-chaired by Viet Nam and the UNDP on November 23.
Joining the UN peacekeeping force is a long-term strategy of Viet Nam, Vinh affirmed, stressing that the conference will help Viet Nam outline its rational policy in participating in the force in the coming time.
The Ministry of National Defence will continue close coordination with the UNDP in Viet Nam in the fields of official training and post-war consequence recovery.
At the reception, Kamal Malhotra