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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang successful Hanoi connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026), with some sides agreeing to further fortify defence and strategical cooperation.
The Ministry of Defence stated that the discussions focused connected enhancing collaboration successful maritime security, defence industry, subject training, cyber security, capableness gathering and determination stableness successful the Indo-Pacific. The 2 leaders besides reviewed determination and planetary information developments and reaffirmed the value of maintaining peace, stability, information and state of navigation successful the region.
Both countries agreed to grow practice done regular dialogues, associated subject exercises and speech programmes betwixt their equipped forces. Rajnath Singh reiterated India’s committedness to supporting Vietnam’s defence modernisation and capableness enhancement initiatives nether the bilateral defence practice framework, it added.
General Phan Van Giang appreciated India’s continued enactment and highlighted the long-standing relationship and increasing strategical concern betwixt the 2 countries.
AI, connection labs
During the visit, the 2 Defence Ministers virtually inaugurated a ‘language lab’ astatine the Air Force Officers’ College successful Vietnam, established with Indian assistance. Mr. Singh besides announced the mounting up of an Artificial Intelligence laboratory astatine the Telecommunications University successful Nha Trang, it added.
In different cardinal development, India’s Military College of Telecommunications Engineering and Vietnam’s Telecommunications University signed an MoU connected practice successful Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technology.
Later, Mr. Singh called connected Vietnam’s President and General Secretary To Lam and conveyed greetings from India’s President and Prime Minister. Both leaders reaffirmed their committedness to deepening practice successful defence, trade, connectivity, maritime practice and people-to-people ties nether the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Earlier successful the day, the Defence Minister paid tribute to erstwhile Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh connected his 136th commencement anniversary, describing him arsenic a person whose imaginativeness and committedness proceed to animate generations and fortify India-Vietnam friendship.
