India handed over its decommissioned small corvette to Vietnam on July 22 at Cam Ranh port, according to an announcement from the Indian Defense Ministry on the same day. The announcement was quoted by Indian media as saying, Indian Navy…
Vietnam is expected to order three to five units of BrahMos BRKs coastal missiles on the occasion of Defense Minister Pham Van Giang’s upcoming visit to India. Zee Business newspaper network in India exclusively reported the above information on June…
Vietnam – India strengthen ties At a time when the entire Southeast Asia region is on alert with suspicions about China’s move to expand and renovate Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, located on the Gulf of Thailand, India’s Defense Minister Rajnath…
Vietnam has so far selected only three countries as “comprehensive strategic partners” namely Russia, China, and India. The US has proposed three times to upgrade its relationship with Vietnam to a “strategic partner” (lower than “comprehensive strategic partnership”) but Vietnam…
Former French ambassador to India for 4 years, last October, Mr. Claude Blanchemaison has just published in France a book about India, titled “L’Inde, contre vents et marées.” Blanchemaison’s book is of particular interest because he is both an agent…
The role of the Quartet is increasing The Quartet plays an increasingly important role in curbing Chinese influence. The Chinese government has always viewed the Quartet as a US-led effort to contain and counter China’s global rise, and the group’s…
The democratic coalition quartet is strengthening under President Biden to counterbalance the rise of Chinese influence in the region and do Hanoi’s national security goals coincide with this quartet? The first meeting of the heads of state of the US,…
Vietnam is one of four countries that did not give a node to the UN Security Council’s issuance of a statement condemning a military coup in Myanmar. On March 10, the UN Security Council did not reach a consensus to…
10 ASEAN members and 5 countries have signed a large-scale free trade agreement promising to accelerate the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed online after 8 years of negotiation. RCEP is comprised of…
China’s growing military actions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) have pushed Hanoi and New Delhi closer together in an increasingly close military partnership seen as a counterbalance to China. The recent Chinese launch of…
