Hanoi, Aug. 12 -- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Hugh Jeffrey, Deputy Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Industry at the Australian Department of Defence, co-chaired the 8th Vietnam - Australia Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on August 12. Chien highlighted the active and effective development of bilateral defence ties since the 7th edition of the dialogue in March 2024, in line with the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Cooperation has progressed in various areas, including delegation exchanges, military training, UN peacekeeping, military medicine, collaboration between armed services, settlement of war consequences, intelligence sharing, search and rescue, an...