Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh receives the visiting Admiral Samuel J. Locklear (Photo: qdnd.vn)

(VOVworld) - Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh received the visiting Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, Commander of the US Pacific Command, in Hanoi on Monday.

Vinh noted the US Pacific Command plays an important role in the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership and the two countries’ armies in particular.

He said the admiral’s visit will help strengthen friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding between defense forces in both nations.

Admiral Locklear said the US Pacific Command is willing to expand cooperation with Vietnam as agreed at the Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue in Washington DC in October.

Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan presents the symbol of the Vietnam People’s Army to Admiral Samuel J. Locklear (Photo: qdnd.vn)

The same day, Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, held talks with the US commander, reviewing recent defence cooperation between Vietnam and the US.