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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh volition embark connected a four-day sojourn to Vietnam and South Korea from May 18 to fortify defence and strategical ties with the 2 cardinal Indo-Pacific partners.
According to sources successful the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Singh volition depart for Vietnam connected May 18 and question to South Korea connected May 20. During the visit, helium is expected to clasp bilateral meetings with his counterparts and besides telephone connected the Presidents of some countries.
Sources said discussions with Vietnam are apt to absorption connected the projected export of the BrahMos cruise rocket system, on with grooming support, logistics, and an archetypal batch of missiles. The deal, estimated to beryllium worthy astir ₹5,800 crore (about $700 million), is presently nether precocious negotiations.
The talks gathered momentum during Vietnamese President To Lam’s caller sojourn to India, wherever helium held meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the authoritative added.
If finalised, Vietnam would go the 3rd state to get the BrahMos supersonic cruise rocket strategy aft the Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippines signed a $375 cardinal statement successful 2022, portion Indonesia moved up with plans to finalise a woody worthy astatine slightest $340 cardinal earlier this year.
India has besides offered assistance to Vietnam successful the maintenance, repair, and modernisation of cardinal subject platforms, including Sukhoi Su-30 combatant craft and Kilo-class submarines, operated by the Vietnamese equipped forces.
In South Korea, discussions are expected to centre astir defence concern practice and emerging technologies.
During the India-South Korea Summit held connected April 20, 2026, Mr. Modi and President Lee Jae Myung announced the motorboat of the Korea-India Defence Accelerator (KIND-X).
The caller inaugural aims to link defence businesses, start-ups, incubators, investors and universities from some countries to beforehand collaboration successful futuristic subject technologies.
The 2 sides already co-manufacture the K9 Vajra, a specialised artillery gun, and present program to widen the aforesaid manufacturing exemplary to futuristic technologies.
