DIPLOMACY
CHIEF OF DEFENCE FORCE VISITS VIETNAM
18 Apr 2005
Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant-General (LG) Ng Yat Chung, is in Vietnam for a four-day visit at the invitation of Vice Minister of National Defence and Chief of General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), Senior Lieutenant-General Phung Quang Thanh.
While in Vietnam, LG Ng will call on Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; Minister of National Defence, General Pham Van Tra; and Senior Lieutenant-General Thanh.
LG Ng will also visit PAVN units in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, before returning to Singapore on 21 Apr.
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