Vietnamese defense minister calls for strengthening cooperation at 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang called on the international community to utilize international security forums to enhance trust and promote cooperation at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.

The Dialogue, Asia's premiere defense and security summit, took place from Friday to Sunday amid geopolitical tensions.

"We should establish and implement effective cooperation mechanisms at both bilateral and multilateral levels. I believe that various security events, including the Shangri-La Dialogue, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, the Moscow Conference on International Security, and the Munich Security Conference, are strategically significant platforms. These forums can promote the exchange of ideas, deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, and promote more substantive and effective cooperation," Giang said at the second plenary session of the Dialogue.

The event drew representatives from 47 countries this year, including 40 ministerial-level delegates, 20 chiefs of defense forces-level delegates, over 20 senior defense officials, and prominent academics, according to Singapore's Ministry of Defense.

Vietnamese defense minister calls for strengthening cooperation at 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

Vietnamese defense minister calls for strengthening cooperation at 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

Vietnamese defense minister calls for strengthening cooperation at 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

Vietnamese defense minister calls for strengthening cooperation at 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for an official visit to China through Saturday.

This visit marks the first trip to China by a Canadian Prime Minister in eight years.

When briefing on the visit of Carney, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said China looks forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to enhance dialogue and communication, increase political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, properly manage differences, address each other's concerns and consolidate the momentum of improvement in China-Canada relations to bring greater benefit for the two peoples.

Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for official visit