NEW DELHI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): India handed over 12 high-speed patrol boats to Vietnam on Thursday (June 9), a day after inking a mutual logistics agreement allowing the use of each others' military bases in a significant expansion of defence and security ties - all with an eye on China.
NEW DELHI, June 9: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over to Vietnam 12 high-speed guard boats built under a USD 100 million Line of Credit granted to the Southeast Asian country by India. The boats were given by Singh at a ceremony in the Hong Ha shipyard amid increasing maritime security cooperation between the two sides to deal with Beijing’s increasing military assertiveness in the South China Sea region. The defence minister is on a three-day visit to […]
Uniindia: Hanoi, June 8 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting with Vietnam s Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang here.
India and Vietnam on Wednesday signed a Joint Vision Statement for Defence Partnership towards the year 2030 to enhance the scope and scale of defence coopera
India is backing Vietnam in its ongoing maritime disputes with China over the Paracel and Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. At last month’s Quad Summit. 08.06.2022, Sputnik International