Military training departments of Viet Nam and Russia convened a virtual conference on 16 December to discuss preparations for the organisation of the International Army Games in 2021.

Vietnamese soldiers at the 2020 International Army Games (Photo: VNA)

The event was jointly presided over by Maj. Gen Tran Van Ba, Deputy Director of the Department of Politico-Military Training under the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army (VPA) and Sen. Lieut. Col. Khodko Yuri Mikhailovich from the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

At the conference, the two sides discussed preparations for the next year’s Games and events that Viet Nam plans to take part in and observe.

The Vietnamese side also proposed hosting some events of the International Army Games 2021 and requested its Russian counterpart to promptly issue regulations of the competition so that teams of the VPA will soon engage in training and obtain good results, contributing to the success of the upcoming Games.

Source: VNA