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[AViet]

Such a secret visit.

 

[GrandWorldOrder]

How is this a secret visit, it was all over the internet. It was literally just to commemorate DPRK-Vietnamese relationships

 

[GrandWorldOrder]

Such a secret visit.

"Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Gen. Pak Yong Sik and a delegation of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] met with Vietnam’s President Trương Tấn Sang on November 27 (Friday). Also attending the meeting were DPRK Ambassador to Vietnam Kim Myong Gil, senior Vietnamese government officials and senior officers of the Vietnam People’s Army [VPA]. The KPA delegation’s visit is also marking the 65th anniversary of DPRK-Vietnam relations.

According to KCNA, President Sang said that “friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries established by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung (Kim Il-so’ng) are now steadily growing stronger under the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries” and he noted “it is the consistent stand of the Vietnamese leadership to attach importance to the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and steadily boost them.” President Trương Tấn Sang also noted that the “the Vietnamese party, government and people are pleased with the achievements made by the army and people of the DPRK in their efforts for carrying out the cause of socialist construction” and he expressed his “conviction that victory belongs to the DPRK under the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n).” According to the Vietnamese government, Gen. Pak Yong Sik remarked that he and the KPA delegation were “very impressed with the economic development, social security and national defense of Vietnam, particularly its emphasis in party building and development of the military.” Gen Pak thanked Vietnam for its support of the DPRK during the years and he “affirmed his personal support to contribute greatly to building relations between the DPRK and Vietnam.”

Earlier during the day, Gen. Pak and the KPA delegation met with Gen. Phùng Quang Thanh, Minister of Defense, the Vice Chief of the VPA General Staff and other senior VPA officers. According to KCNA, “both sides exchanged views on the issue of boosting exchange and cooperation between the armies of the two countries and reached a consensus of views on the matters discussed.” Gen. Phùng, according to the MOD, said that “Vietnam attaches great importance to the traditional relations, nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung” and Gen. Pak “expressed with the pleasure that this was his first visit to Vietnam and see the country’s socio-economic development.”

Pak Yong Sik emphasized that DPRK-Vietnam relations were one of traditional friendship, “nurtured by elder generations which should be maintained and actively promoted.” According to the Vietnamese government, the KPA and VPA discussed “issues of common concern” and “reviewed the results of cooperation between the KPA and VPA which actively contribute to strengthening of relations between the two countries.” Gen. Pak and Gen. Phùng “agreed to continue to maintain traditional relations through enhanced exchanges, visits, student exchange, cultural and sports cooperation.”

Gen. Pak Yong Sik participated in a VPA welcome ceremony. Gen. Pak and the KPA delegation also attended a reception hosted the Ministry of Defense and they also conducted several tours of VPA locales.

 

[Viet]

Such a secret visit.

How is this a secret visit, it was all over the internet. It was literally just to commemorate DPRK-Vietnamese relationships

My remark should be considered as humor.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam president to visit Belarus soon
Politics 14.06.2017 | MINSK, 14 June

Tran Dai Quang



MINSK, 14 June (BelTA) – Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang will come to Belarus on an official visit soon, BelTA learned from Ambassador of Vietnam to Belarus Le Anh during the presentation of Vietnam's travel opportunities in the 2017-2018 autumn-winter season on 14 June, BelTA has learned.

The diplomat reminded that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visited Vietnam in 2015. “A plan of joint action in the sphere of sport and tourism for the next three years was coordinated and a package of documents was signed. A reciprocal official visit of the Vietnam president to Minsk is supposed to take place soon. Several agreements will be signed during the visit. All of it indicates that friendship and cooperation between our countries grows stronger and advances,” stressed Le Anh.

The presentation was arranged in view of the forthcoming visit and for the sake of getting Belarusians familiar with opportunities for visiting Vietnam. “With its favorable geographic, climatic, and natural conditions, Vietnam has a considerable and versatile potential for tourism development. There are many national parks in Vietnam as well as areas on the UNESCO list of biosphere reserves in addition to a huge number of tourism zones with multiple international-class resorts,” continued the diplomat. “Thanks to the large number of large and small islands, sandy beaches and clean sea water Vietnam has a great potential for sea tourism development. All the necessary conditions are present for combining tourism in sea and island areas with cultural and educational tourism. Tourism infrastructure is rather rapidly developing in coastal areas, allowing creating a new image of Vietnam's tourism industry.”

The ambassador reminded that Belarusians can visit Vietnam without visas for up to 15 days as of 1 July 2015. Thanks to this measure the number of tourists visiting Vietnam increased by 65% in comparison with 2014. About 6,000 tourists visited Vietnam every year in 2015-2016, said Le Anh.

Marina Mastashova, a consultant at the Tourism Department of the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry, noted that the dialogue between Belarusian and Vietnamese travel agencies has been invigorated recently. Interest of Belarusian travel agencies in the Vietnamese market is now more pronounced.

Mikhail Vinogradov, chairman of the Belarus-Vietnam friendship society, also made a speech during the presentation. In his time he took part in the fight for Vietnam's independence and talked about that complicated period of the country's history. Mikhail Vinogradov pointed out that Vietnam is developing very rapidly. The Vietnamese side remembers the contribution of Belarusian war veterans to the fight for independence and invites them to come to visit all the time. Each delegation is welcomed by the president of Vietnam. Thus, Belarusian veterans can get familiar with how far the country has developed.

http://eng.belta.by/politics/view/vietnam-president-to-visit-belarus-soon-102375-2017/

 

[Viet]

Troop review

People many notice the Marines with new rifle and camouflage. But I think they need more weight in the body. Eating more meat, trinking more milk. Vietnam is facing a surplus of pigs and pork meat of gigantic dimension.

UAV

some new models, just small steps taken

 

[TenLua]

Troop review

People many notice the Marines with new rifle and camouflage. But I think they need more weight in the body. Eating more meat, trinking more milk. Vietnam is facing a surplus of pigs and pork meat of gigantic dimension.

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The surplus will hopefully make meat more affordable. The uniform has a professional look to them.

 

[yugocrosrb95]

@Viet

A variant that has three engine double tail drone carrying 2 S-5 rockets would be nice head on against infantry...

The surplus will hopefully make meat more affordable. The uniform has a professional look to them.

You don't have to need to eat much meat to have strong soldiers, look at Cubans.

 

[Viet]

The surplus will hopefully make meat more affordable. The uniform has a professional look to them.

Yes I like the camo too. A right step in the right direction.

Meat is cheap. In general food is cheap. Per statistics VN belongs to major world pig producers, with 29 million heads and growing. but since the Chinese recently impose some sorts of embargo by stopping buying, VN has a massive problem. Luckily there are patriot consumers, domestic and foreign companies, who support the desperate call of the government by eating more pork.

Samsung for example. The company puts more pork to the menu: pork to breakfast, pork to lunch, pork to dinner. Eating pork until you drop

http://vietnamnews.vn/bizhub/378456/samsung-viet-nam-to-prioritise-pork-use.html

 

[Viet]

Romania

The biggest private employer of Romania, Tulcea shipyard, brings 300 Vietnamese ship welders and locksmiths to the country. The company says receiving many orders recently and needs workers. Not too bad, if considering besides money we can learn some European expertise in shipbuilding, helping our civil and non civil program at home.

https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-shipyard-brings-300-workers-vietnam/

 

[yugocrosrb95]

@Viet

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[Viet]

@Viet

I would like to send private messages to you if you don't mind, add me to friend list.

Yes no problem

 

[Providence]

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[Viet]

HI @Viet

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[Viet]

Vietnamese hostage escapes as air, artillery strikes pound Abu Sayyaf in Basilan
By
InterAksyon


Published: June 17, 2017, 11:30 AM


Medical personnel treat Hoang Vo, a Vietnamese sailor who escaped his Abu Sayyaf captors in Basilan and was recovered by the military. (Westmincom photo handout)

MANILA, Philippines — A Vietnamese sailor held for more than seven months by the Abu Sayyaf escaped from his captors in Basilan as government forces pounded the extremists with air and artillery strikes Friday, the Western Mindanao Command said.

Hoang Vo, a crew member of the MV Royal 16, was recovered by troops of Joint Task Force Basilan at the Sumisip-Ungkaya Pukan Complex “following an airstrike launched against the group of Furudji Indama,” Westmincom said in a statement.

Vo was one of six crewmen of the MV Royal 16 who were seized southeast of Sibago Island in Basilan on November 11 last year. He was listed earlier by the Coast Guard as the second mate of the vessel.

“Vo, 28 years old and a resident of Nghe An, Vietnam, was found by our troops with a wound on his back,” TF Basilan commander Colonel Juvymax Uy said, adding the escaped hostage was in stable condition after being given medical attention.

The Vietnamese found his opportunity when his captors “dispersed due to the airstrike and artillery fires delivered by the troops.”

The soldiers also recovered four rifles. The Abu Sayyaf is holding 26 captives, 21 in Sulu and five in Basilan.