Warm welcome: Singh and Phan attending a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Hanoi. — AFP
INDIA handed over 12 high-speed patrol boats to Vietnam a day after inking a mutual logistics agreement allowing the use of each other’s military bases in a significant expansion of defence and security ties.
The two countries also signed a vision statement on defence ties till 2030.
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