VNA reported on July 21 that the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced that the army of this country and Vietnam will organize the "Joint Hands - 2025" Joint Army Training in Guangxi.
This is the first time Vietnam and China have organized a joint military training program, with the theme "coaching the joint army to carry out tasks in the Vietnam - China border area", to enhance mutual learning and exchange experiences in border work, while further deepening practical cooperation between the two armies.
According to the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, in recent years, the Chinese and Vietnamese military have continued the tradition of friendship, "both comrades and brothers", enhanced exchanges and high-level interactions, established a "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism on diplomacy, defense and security between the two countries, conducted joint training on counter-terrorism, organized many border defense friendly exchanges, joint patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin, and exchanged with young officers...
The relationship between the two armies has achieved a stable and high level of development. Since the beginning of 2025, the navel and coast guard forces of Vietnam and China have strengthened substantive cooperation in the field of cooperation at sea.
Chinese military expert Zhang Jun Xa (Zhang Junshe) emphasized that organizing joint military training between the Vietnamese and Chinese armies is an important measure for the two armies to strengthen substantial cooperation, demonstrating the continuous development in the field of cooperation between the two armies, contributing to enhancing mutual understanding and traditional friendship between the two armies; at the same time, it is of great significance for maintaining peace and stability in the border areas of the two countries and the region.
