Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and UK defence attaché Col. David Houghton in Hanoi, October 14, 2019. (Photo: VNA)

Vinh thanked the UK Defence Ministry for helping Vietnam set up a Level-2 field hospital in South Sudan, and training Vietnamese officers for the United Nations peacekeeping mission.

To make bilateral defence ties a pillar of the Vietnam–UK strategic partnership, Vinh suggested increasing high-level visits, to increase mutual understanding and collaboration.