India offers help to Vietnam in warship-building & maintenance to boost Atmanirbhar Bharat

New Delhi, April 21: With an aim to boost Atmanibhar Bharat in defence sector, India offered all possible help by its defence and other shipyards to Vietnam in construction and maintenance of warships, building upon its earlier assurance of further assisting the country in modernizing and training its armed forces.

 

In a webinar between the defence ministries of the two countries, joint secretary (defence industries production) Anurag Bajpai said the ongoing mission for ‘self-reliant India’ in the defence sector was not just inward looking, but also about producing "cost-effective quality products and catering to the whole world especially friendly nations”.

 

He also envisaged that Indian shipbuilding has come of age and gained tremendous expertise in this field. Indian shipyards are willing to work with Vietnamese shipyards for construction, repair and maintenance of platforms.

 

 

The webinar was organised under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through FICCI. It is part of the series of webinars which are being organised with friendly foreign countries in order to boost defence exports and achieve defence export target of $5 billion by 2025.

 

 

The webinar on “India-Vietnam defence cooperation” was attended by senior officials from the two countries, including Indian ambassador to Hanoi Pranay Verma and Vietnamese chief of general department of defence industries Lt Gen Tran Hong Minh, as well as many Indian defence companies.