Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hands over $1 million to Vietnamese Air Force training institute
India Today
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the training institutions of Vietnam on the final day of his three-day visit today to the southeast Asian country.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the training institutions of Vietnam on the final day of his three-day visit today to the southeast Asian country. He is in Vietnam to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries. The Minister began the day’s engagements by paying a visit to Air Force Officers Training School at Nha Trang.
He handed over a gift of one million dollars on behalf of Government of India for the establishment of a Language and IT Laboratory in the school.
Addressing the Officers at the school, he expressed hope that the laboratory would substantially contribute to sharpening the language and IT skills of Air Defence and Air Force personnel of Vietnam.
Later, Rajnath Singh visited the Telecommunications University in Nha Trang, where an Army Software Park is being established with the $US 5 million grant from Government of India.
The grant was announced during Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visit to Vietnam in September 2016.
Singh held bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and called on the President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc & Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
On June 9, Rajnath Singh handed over 12 High-Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam during his visit to Hong Ha Shipyard in Hai Phong.
