(VOVworld) - Defense Minister, General Ngo Xuan Lich, received US Ambassador Ted Osius in his courtesy visit on Friday.

Defense Minister, General Ngo Xuan Lich

They discussed outcomes of the visit by President Barack Obama last May and the strengthening of defense cooperation under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2011 and a Vision Statement on Defense Cooperation in 2015. The documents prioritized cooperation in humanitarian activities, war consequences recovery and experience sharing in UN peacekeeping and rescue efforts in natural calamities.