Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and Singaporean Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Yeng Kit signs agreement on military cooperation in HCM city, June 17, 2019.  (Photo: VNA)

They agreed that the defence partnership has made good progress in personal exchanges, training, information exchanges, naval and aviation co-operation and ties at multilateral forums. They also agreed to focus on enhancing training co-operation, especially in languages and international relations as well as military medicine and expressed a desire to strengthen defence relations comprehensively. They agreed to co-ordinate at multilateral forums, especially after Vietnam becomes ASEAN Chair in 2020. General Vịnh and Secretary Chan signed a joint three-year plan for their two ministries.

At the dialogue, the two sides discussed security issues in Asia-Pacific, co-operative processes at the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM plus), and reviewed defence ties after the 9th Dialogue.