Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong and Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, at the reception. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Cuong applauded the Indian efforts to maintain regional and global peace, stability, security, and development, affirming that the ties have achieved solid and effective developments across various areas such as training, military cooperation, UN peacekeeping missions, and defence industry.

He said that leaders of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence and the Army always support and create favorable conditions for both navies to strengthen cooperation across fields.

In response, Kumar expressed his belief that his visit will further deepen the friendship, cooperation, mutual understanding, and trust between the two defence ministries in general and between their naval forces in particular.