Beijing (VNA), Oct. 21 -- A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam is taking part in the 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum that opened in Beijing on October 21.

The forum, themed "Maintaining International Order and Promoting Peace in the Asia-Pacific", attracts hundreds of defence and military leaders, along with experts from many countries and organisations around the world.

Addressing a plenary session on security risk management in Asia-Pacific, General Ngo Xuan Lich , Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, said there are many latent complex and unpredictable factors in the political and security environment of the region which pose a number of security challen...