India-Vietnam Summit: From Normative Convergence to Substantive Cooperation
Advertisement India and Vietnam held a virtual leaders’ summit on December 21, at a time when New Delhi seeks to court a range of actors as India inches toward fleshing out its Indo-Pacific strategy. India simultaneously seeks to counter Chinese influence while avoiding antagonizing regional actors who remained skeptical of the outgoing Trump administration’s clubby, militaristic approach toward the region — desiderata congruent to Vietnam’s own preference. The summit, co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, saw a joint state...
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