On November 15, at a press conference to inform about activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day organized by the Ministry of National Defense, Major General Le Ngoc Than, Chief of Political Affairs of the General Department of Defense Industry, said that the opening ceremony of the 2nd Vietnam International Defense Exhibition (2024) will take place on the morning of December 19 with the participation of Party and State leaders and international guests.
During the 4 days, in addition to general activities, a long period of time will be set aside for people to visit the exhibition.
Major General Le Ngoc Than, Chief of Politics, General Department of Defense Industry.
Opening hours are from 1:30 p.m. December 21 to December 22. Admission is free and there will be no age limit.
In 2022, Vietnam will organize an international defense exhibition for the first time, so the scale will be limited and there is not much experience. " We are learning as we go," Major General Le Ngoc Than shared.
Under the direction of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, the second exhibition will be much larger in scale, with more activities and more international delegations. In particular, the number of weapons and equipment from other countries and Vietnam participating in the exhibition will be greater, with many new products manufactured from 2022 to present also being displayed.
According to Major General Le Ngoc Than, as of November, 140 organizations from 27 countries have registered to participate with the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Vietnam International Defense Exhibition (2024).
Among them are many countries such as the US, China, Russia, India, Israel, France, UK, Spain... with large and modern defense industries registered to participate in the exhibition with an area of over 5,000 m2.
Major General Le Ngoc Than emphasized the goal of seeking cooperation opportunities between partners through the exhibition; Vietnam has a self-reliant, autonomous, and self-reliant defense industry but still needs to cooperate with countries with defense industries to learn.
The Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 is scheduled to take place from December 19 to December 22 at Gia Lam Airport (Hanoi). This is one of the activities in a series of events celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army.
According to information from the organizers, this year's exhibition has a total display area of more than 100,000 m², including 18 areas.
Of which the exhibition area is nearly 35,000 m² (including indoor and outdoor).
According to the organizers, it is expected that 69 types of weapons and equipment in the Vietnam People's Army will be displayed at the exhibition.
In particular, at the opening ceremony, there will be a welcome flight performance by the Vietnam Air Force; about 2,200 officers and soldiers of special forces will perform martial arts; the border guards will use 80 military dogs and 80 trainers to perform.
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