
Deputy Minister of Defense of the DPRK Ryo Chol Un visited Vietnam on an official visit, held talks with Deputy Minister of Defense of Vietnam Nguyen Truong Thang on expanding military cooperation, laid a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and visited military units and the academy.
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North Korea is seeking to expand military cooperation with other countries in the face of international sanctions and isolation. Vietnam maintains a neutral position in regional conflicts and develops defense ties with various partners.
Deputy Defense Minister of the DPRK Ryo Chol Un visited Vietnam with a delegation.
Re Chol Un held talks with Deputy Minister of Defense of Vietnam Nguyen Truong Thang, at which issues of expanding military cooperation between the countries were discussed.
The DPRK delegation laid a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and visited units of the Vietnamese army and the military medical academy.
MOSCOW, September 30 - RIA Novosti. During his visit to Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Defense of the DPRK Ryo Chol Un discussed with the Deputy Head of the Vietnamese Defense Ministry Nguyen Truong Thang the issues of further expanding military cooperation between the two countries, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reports.
Last week, KCNA reported that a delegation from the DPRK Ministry of Defense led by Ryo Chol Un went on a visit to Vietnam.
“Re Chol Un paid a protocol visit to the Minister of Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Phan Van Giang and held negotiations with Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Truong Thang. Issues on the further expansion and development of military cooperation between the two countries were discussed at the negotiations,” the agency reports.

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