India and China have stepped up their defence and economic ties with New Delhi deciding to supply of four naval patrol vessels to Hanoi as part of Line of Credit (LoC) signed last month and enhancing its training program for the military of Southeast Asian nation.
The announcement came during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s two-day visit to India. On meeting Mr. Dung, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to “quickly operationalize” the $100 million line of credit established during Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s September visit to Hanoi.
The agreements come at a time when the Vietnam, along with several other Southeast Asian nations, is locked in territorial disputes with Beijing over territorial claims in the South China Sea. There is a common concern in India and Vietnam over China’s reservations over cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the field of defense and oil explorations in the South China Sea.
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