India committed to capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces

NEW DELHI: The Indian Government is committed to the capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces, asserted Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Preeti Saran.

"We need to move to the next level of cooperation by providing assistance in developing the hardware of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and also the production capacity of the defence industry. Towards this the Indian Government has extended USD 100 million line of credit for defence procurement,” said Saran, Ambassador of India to Vietnam while speaking during the Seminar on Potential for India Vietnam Cooperation in Defence Industry in Hanoi today.

Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vice Minister of Defence of Vietnam welcomed the Indian assistance and expressed his hope to further strengthen the Indo-Vietnam strategic relations.

Gen Vu Chien Thang, Director General of External Relations Department was also present in the Seminar.

Sanjay Garg, Joint Secretary, Defence Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Defence who was leading the official delegation made a presentation on the Indian Defence industry’s capabilities and how these capabilities can be utilized to promote defence industrial cooperation between both the countries.

Several presentations were made on company specific capabilities ranging from design engineering to defence electronics to shipbuilding.