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Philippines, Vietnam Enhancing Defence Ties



































              The Philippines and Vietnam are expanding  the Sea (UNCLOS 1982); effectively and  and defence industry. To this end, there will
              defence ties. Both nations underscored the  fully implementing the Declaration on the  be enhanced and substantive interactions
              importance of further strengthening bilateral  Conduct of Parties in the East Sea/West  among defence and military establishments,
              defence partnership between the Philippines  Philippine Sea/South China Sea (DOC),  and mutual capacity building.
              and Vietnam through high-level exchange  building a substantive, effective Code of   Signing of Defence Frameworks
              visits, on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN  Conduct in the East Sea/West Philippine
              Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) held  Sea/South China Sea (COC) in accordance  The Philippines and Vietnam have now
              November 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia.   with international law.                both inked Letters of Intent (LOI) on the
                                                                                            Enhancement of Cooperation in the Field of
              The most recent progress was made      Bilateral Defence Relations            HADR at Sea and Military Medicine. The LOI
              during a bilateral meeting in August be-                                      on HADR at Sea reflects the intention of the
              tween Philippine Secretary of National   The Philippines and Vietnam have a shared   Philippines and Viet Nam to strengthen the
              Defence Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. and Viet   commitment to deepen defence and mili-  work to mitigate the impact of natural disas-
              Nam Minister of National Defence General   tary cooperation through continued inter-  ters and other increasingly complex security
              Phan Van Giang. This was the first ever visit   action and engagements at all levels. This   challenges at sea, and emphasizes the ma-
              to the Philippines of General Phan since his   dialogue has been deepened through the   jor role of navies in this regard. Meanwhile,
              appointment as the Minister of National   Vice Ministers’ Defence Strategic Dialogue   the LOI on Military Medicine acknowledges
              Defence of Vietnam on 8 April, 2021.   (VMDSD) and Defence Cooperation Working
                                                     Group (DCWG), which is the primary bilat-  the role of militaries in cross-border public
                                                     eral defence dialogue mechanism between   health surveillance and prevention of dis-
              Both Ministers affirmed their commitment   both nations. Both nations have agreed to  ease outbreaks, and thereby manifests the
              to a rules-based international order firmly   explore more in-depth collaboration on mar-  interest of both countries to enhance rele-
              anchored on international law and the pro-  itime security, cyber security, Humanitarian  vant capabilities through joint research and
              motion of sustainable peace, principled   Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR),  innovations, as well as sharing of knowledge
              security, and regional stability. The Ministers   military medicine, peacekeeping operations,  and best practices.
              noted that as strategic competition perme-
              ates the global governance architecture, the
              role of bridge-builders becomes increas-
              ingly important in fostering cooperation
              and encouraging peace built on a complex
              web of interactions, rather than geopolitical
              spheres.


              They also shared views on the need to
              maintain peace, stability, ensuring security,
              safety, freedom of navigation and aviation
              in the East Sea/West Philippine Sea/South
              China Sea. They also agreed to resolve all
              disputes by peaceful means, in accordance
              with international law, particularly the 1982
              United Nations Convention on the Law of

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