India, Nov. 10 -- The 15th India-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue was held in Hanoi on Monday, co-chaired by India's Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of National Defence Sr Lt Gen Hoang Xuan Chien.

Both sides reviewed ongoing defence cooperation and expressed satisfaction with progress in areas including hydrography, capacity building and training, UN peacekeeping, port calls and ship visits, as well as collaboration in AI and shipyard upgradation, according to an official statement.

On the sidelines of the dialogue, both countries signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Mutual Submarine Search and Rescue Support, creating a framework for collaboration in submarine emergency operations.

A Letter of Intent w...