Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 9 for Tim Huxley, Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)–Asia in Singapore.
Vinh told his guest that Vietnam greatly values the role played by the Shangri-La Dialogue as well as topics for discussion at this year’s event.
For his part, Tim Huxley asked Vietnam to dispatch a high-ranking military delegation to the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue and give a speech at the event set to take place in June in Singapore.
He also hailed Vietnam’s role and support for the annual security dialogue in Asia for years.