By Carl Thayer*
On April 19, RIA Nosvosti filed a dispatch from Vladivostok quoting the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO): “For the first time, a conference on planning a Russian-Vietnamese military exercise was organized and held at the headquarters of the Eastern Military District, the Diplomat reports. The meeting of the delegations took place via video link.” No date was given on when this virtual meeting was held.
