Hanoi (VNA), Feb. 19 -- On the sidelines of the 2020 ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Hanoi, Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich on February 19 received Gen. Chaichan Changmongkol, Deputy Defence Minister of Thailand.

Lich thanked Thailand for its support to Vietnam in the country's ASEAN chairmanship year and its sharing of experiences in holding military-defence conferences and activities in 2020.

For his part, the Thai General spoke highly of the host country's preparations and the success of the retreat. He expressed support to Vietnam in the ASEAN chairmanship year and pledged to realise all the contents in the joint statement of the ASEAN defence ministers on cooperation against diseases and epidemics.

Rejoicing...