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First China-Vietnam joint army training kicks off in South China's Guangxi

Global Times

By Liu Xuanzun and Guo Yuandan Published: Jul 23, 2025 02:43 PM

The first-ever China-Vietnam joint army training kicked off at a training base in South China on Tuesday, official media reported on Wednesday. A Chinese expert said the joint training will contribute to the safeguard of peace and stability in the region.

The opening ceremony for the joint army training was held in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the military channel of China Central Television reported on Wednesday.

The training will focus on four key areas: joint reconnaissance, joint strikes, joint rescue, and joint support. It will be conducted in a mixed-unit format, with modularized exercises covering eight courses, including camouflage reconnaissance, drone reconnaissance, and live-fire shooting.

After the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese personnel participating in the training were given a tour to observe various types of Chinese weapons and equipment, including wheeled vehicles, light weapons and drones.

The Chinese Defense Ministry first announced the joint army training on Sunday. According to its statement, the event is themed around joint border patrol trainings, and aims to enhance mutual learning and exchange of border patrol experiences while further deepening pragmatic cooperation between the two militaries. It is scheduled to last until late July.

Zhang Junshe, a Chinese military affairs expert, told the Global Times that the joint army training between the Chinese and Vietnamese armies is an important move to deepen pragmatic cooperation between the two countries' militaries.

It shows that areas of cooperation between the Chinese and Vietnamese militaries are continuing to expand, further enhancing mutual understanding and traditional friendship between the two armed forces, the expert said. He noted that the join training holds significant positive implications for maintaining peace and stability along the two countries' borders as well as in the whole region.

China and Vietnam have been boosting military ties over recent years.

Zhang Xiaogang, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson, said at a media briefing in April that in recent years, the Chinese and Vietnamese militaries have enhanced their long-standing friendship featuring "camaraderie plus brotherhood".

The two sides have maintained frequent high-level engagements, established a "3+3" strategic dialogue on diplomacy, defense and public security, conducted joint counter-terrorism exercises, organized activities such as border defense friendship exchanges, joint patrols in the Beibu Gulf, and young military officer exchanges, the spokesperson said, adding that the military-to-military relations have achieved high-level and steady development.