HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is seeking to expand its international defence cooperation to build trust and prevent wars, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Thursday at the opening of Vietnam’s second international arms fair.
“The defence expo is a message of peace, cooperation and development,” Chinh said.
The arms fair, which will run until Sunday, is being held at Gia Lam airport in Hanoi. There are nearly 250 exhibitors from dozens of countries, including the United States, China, Russia, the UK, Iran and Israel.
Chinh said Vietnam would maintain to its “four no” policy of not participating in military alliances, not aligning with one country to oppose another, not allowing foreign military bases or the use of its territory against another country, and not using force or the threat of it in international relations.
(Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by John Mair)
