Vietnam-Egypt promote cooperation in defense industry

From December 1-4, a working delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense led by Major General Phan Thi Hoai Van, Deputy Director of the General Department of Defense Industry, attended the EDEX 2025 International Defense Exhibition in Cairo, Egypt.

EDEX (Egypt Defence Expo) is the largest annual defense exhibition in Egypt and the Middle East-Africa region. This year's EDEX is the fourth exhibition, attracting the participation of 150 official delegations and more than 40,000 visitors from many countries around the world .

Major General Phan Thi Hoai Van met with the Egyptian Minister of Military Production.

More than 450 defense companies and corporations from 86 countries participated in exhibiting and introducing products at EDEX 2025.

During the exhibition, the delegation met with Egyptian Minister of Military Production M. Salah El-Din Mostafa.

Major General Phan Thi Hoai Van emphasized the interest of the Vietnamese Minister of National Defense in sending a working delegation to Egypt to promote cooperation between the two countries in the field of defense industry.

At the same time, she expressed her wish to strengthen cooperation in the defense industry between Vietnam and Egypt through delegation exchanges, especially high-ranking delegations.

The head of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense delegation also said that Vietnam will organize the 3rd International Defense Exhibition in 2026 and invited Egypt to participate in displaying defense industry products at this exhibition.

The Egyptian side highly appreciated Vietnam's sending of a high-level delegation to attend EDEX 2025, affirmed its readiness to promote substantive cooperation, and expressed its wish to soon send a business delegation to Vietnam, moving towards building a long-term cooperation agreement in the field of defense industry.

Also during the time attending EDEX 2025, the delegation visited and worked with the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt.

Major General Phan Thi Hoai Van and Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong.

At the meeting, Major General Phan Thi Hoai Van informed all officers and staff of the Embassy about the purpose of the working trip, the results of the work at EDEX 2025 as well as the results of the meeting with the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production.

She expressed her hope that the Embassy would continue to coordinate and support cooperation activities in the defense industry, creating favorable conditions for businesses and authorities of the two countries to implement cooperation initiatives in the coming time.

For his part, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong updated the delegation on the economic and political situation in Egypt and the recent relations between the two countries.

The Ambassador affirmed that the Embassy is actively implementing the good results of President Luong Cuong's visit to Egypt in early August.

The delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense took a photo with Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Nam Duong.

The Ambassador said that to realize the vision of the Comprehensive Partnership, the two countries' senior leaders agreed to promote cooperation in key areas such as politics, diplomacy, security, defense, economy, trade, investment, and agriculture.

Accordingly, promoting defense and security cooperation to ensure independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of each country, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and cooperative environment in the two regions and the world. The Ambassador emphasized that the Embassy is always ready to act as a bridge to connect cooperative activities between the two sides.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/viet-nam-ai-cap-thuc-day-hop-tac-trong-linh-vuc-cong-nghiep-quoc-phong-336659.html