Vietnam's Ministry of Defense received the Chairmanship of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the ASEAN Extension (ADMM +) during the ceremony in Thailand.

Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich received the ADMM and ADMM + Chairman logo in 2020 from Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan during a ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on the afternoon of November 18.

Minister Ngo Xuan Lich emphasized the ability to closely connect, especially in the ASEAN Political-Security Community, more and more important to ASEAN in the face of rapid and complex developments of the regional security environment. and international.

"Vietnam welcomes partners to return to the place where ADMM + has been set up to continue to consolidate defense and military cooperation mechanisms, build an ASEAN Community that is cohesive and able to actively adapt to the weak. external factors, in line with the spirit of the theme of the ASEAN Year 2020 that Vietnam has chosen to be 'Cohesion and Active Adaptation', ”Minister Ngo Xuan Lich said at the ceremony, referring to the ADMM Plus conference. Held for the first time in Hanoi in 2010.

ADMM, established in 2006, is the highest level of defense dialogue and consultation in ASEAN. The goal of ADMM is to increase mutual trust through knowledge of national defense and security challenges, as well as improving transparency and openness.

ADMM + appeared 4 years later with the participation of ASEAN countries and 8 partner countries including Australia, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, USA, Russia and China.

The chairmanship of ADMM and ADMM + changes annually and is chaired by the ASEAN chair.