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Bilateral Discussion with Institute for Defence International Relations (IDIR), Vietnam

A Bilateral Discussion between the United Service Institution of India (USI) and Institute for Defence International Relations (IDIR), Vietnam was organized in New Delhi on November 2, 2016.

A Bilateral Discussion between the United Service Institution of India (USI) and Institute for Defence International Relations (IDIR), Vietnam was organized in New Delhi on November 2, 2016. The USI delegation was led by Lt Gen PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) Director, USI,  and the other team members were  Maj Gen B K Sharma, AVSM, SM** (Retd) Deputy Director (Research),Ambassador Sanjay Singh, IFS (Retd), Prof Srikanth Kondapalli and Maj Gen PK Chakravorty, VSM (Retd). The Vietnam delegation was led by Maj Gen Vu Tien Trong and the other team members were Lt Col Ngo Thanh Tung and Sr Capt Pham Xuan Bach. The event also saw the presence of the Vietnamese Ambassador H.E. Mr. Ton Sinh Thanh and the DA Nguyen Quang Chien. The event was also attended by the officers from Service HQ, HQ IDS, and other think tanks. The programme of the RTD was as under :-.

Time in hours Topics Name of the Speaker 
1000 – 1020 Registration & Tea   
1020 – 1030 Opening Remarks

 

Director, USI
 Session – I

 

1030 – 1110 Situation in South China Sea and its Implication on Regional Stability Chair      : Ambassador Sanjay Singh,IFS (Retd), USI

 

Co-chair : Maj Gen Vu Tien Trong,

IDIR, Vietnam

 

Speaker : Dr Srikanth Kondapalli, USI

 

Speaker : Sr Capt Pham Xuan Bach

IDIR, Vietnam

1110 – 1130  Discussion  
1130 – 1150 Tea 
   Session – II

 

 
1150 – 1230  India-Vietnam Relations – Challenges and Prospects

 

Chair      : Ambassador Sanjay Singh,IFS (Retd), USI

 

Co-chair : Maj Gen Vu Tien Trong,

IDIR, Vietnam

 

Speaker : Maj Gen PK Chakravorty, VSM

(Retd), USI

Speaker : Lt Col Ngo Thanh Tung

IDIR, Vietnam

1230 – 1250 Discussion 
1250 – 1300

 

Closing Remarks Director, USI
1300  Lunch

 

1

Vietnam Delegation

2

USI Delegation

3

Audience

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