(VOVworld) - Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and new Dutch Defense Attaché in Vietnam Adrianus Maria Pals have agreed on the need to increase naval exchanges and cooperation between Vietnam and the Netherlands.

Vietnam and the Netherlands agreed on the need to improve personnel training

At a Thursday reception for the new Dutch Attaché, Vinh praised past defense cooperation between the two countries. The two also agreed on the need to improve personnel training and share experience in search and rescue, disaster relief activities, unexploded bombs and  mines, and UN peace-keeping operations.