Vietnamese minister visits Laos

Fri, 31 Jan 1997 | Source: DPA

HANOI (DPA): Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Doan Khue is currently on a five-day "official friendship" visit to neighboring Laos, as part of a stepped-up number of military exchanges involving the military, the official Vietnam News reported yesterday.

Khue, who left the capital Tuesday, was invited by counterpart Senior Lt. Gen. Choummaly Sayasone.

The commander of Vietnam's People's Navy, Vice-Admiral Mai Xuan Vinh, returned this past weekend from a four-day visit to the Philippines.

He was there at the invitation of "opposite number", Rear Admiral Eduardo M. Santos, the paper said. The naval chief met the Philippines' armed forces chief of staff and the secretary of the national defense department, in addition to visiting several naval facilities, it added.

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