Vietnam proposes joint ASEAN military drill on COVID-19 prevention
Thứ Tư, 08/04/2020, 18:37
Head of the Military Medical Department Major General Nguyen Xuan Kien suggested holding a joint drill on COVID-19 prevention and control between ASEAN countries’ military medicine forces when chairing a teleconference between members of the ACMM Board of Directors on April 7.
Vietnamese officers participate in the teleconference (Source: qdnd.vn) |
Kien asked the ACMM Board of Directors to continue discussing mechanisms for coordination in disease prevention and control between regional military medicine forces, including the organisation of a joint drill.
He also suggested inviting ASEAN partner countries to take part in the exercise.
ACMM members agreed with the Vietnamese officer’s proposal.
After a consensus between ASEAN military medicine forces is reached, the Vietnamese Military Medical Department will report to the Defence Minister, that will then discuss with its counterparts in ASEAN countries about the scenario, form and scale of the drill.
VNA