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| Do Minh Hung greets guests |
NCP leader Andy Brooks joined diplomats, politicians and businessmen at a reception in central London held to mark the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s People’s Army. Do Minh Hung. the Vietnamese ambassador, and defence attaché Colonel Vu Vinh Ha welcomed guests to the event at the National Army Museum in Chelsea which included a video presentation and a Vietnamese buffet.
During the formal part of the proceedings Ambassador Hung said Vietnam’s defence is of the people, by the people, for the people, with peaceful, independent, self-reliant, self-defensive characteristics and proactivity in preventing and addressing the risks of war.
He affirmed Vietnam’s “Four No’s” policy – not participating in military alliances, not affiliating with one country to oppose another, not allowing foreign countries to establish military bases or use Vietnamese territory to oppose other countries, and not using force or threatening to use force in international relations.
He stressed that defence diplomacy has become an important channel for building and strengthening strategic trust between the people’s government and its partners while expanding the nation’s friendship relations with the international community.
Colonel Vu Vinh Ha also addressed the gathering, expressing his honour to serve during a period of flourishing relations between the two nations and their defence ministries. He pledged to strengthen his office’s role as an advisory body and communication channel, facilitating bilateral cooperation opportunities and further enriching the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership.
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