NEW DELHI: India and Vietnam decided to accelerate defence technology sharing and defence-industrial collaboration during a meeting between defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and deputy minister of National Defence of Vietnam Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang on the sidelines of the Brics Summit in New Delhi on Sunday.In their meeting, which followed the bilateral talks between PM Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung on the sidelines of the Brics Summit, the two sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to expanding maritime and defence ties to ensure a peaceful, stable and rule-based regional security architecture, a defence ministry’s release said on Sunday.
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The meeting also focused on strengthening the bonds of friendship, advancing regional security and deepening the bilateral enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership.The meeting comes months after India signed a $629 million deal with Vietnam in May to export the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems for coastal defence, marking a new chapter in Delhi-Hanoi defence collaboration. The deal is expected to provide a foundation for wider engagement in defence technology.India and Vietnam strongly emphasised the value of close coordination in multilateral fora to address complex security dynamics. Specifically, they highlighted the importance of active engagement under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) framework.They also agreed on the scheduled conduct of the next Defence Policy Dialogue to be hosted by India on the sidelines of Aero India 2027.
