Vietnam's Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Defence Minister Sr. Lt. General Hoang Xuan Chien attend a signing ceremony for the bilateral memorandums with Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi and Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Akihiro Tsuchimichi (not in picture) at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Japan November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool