India committed to capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces

[Rahul9090]

NEW DELHI: The Indian Government is committed to the capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces, asserted Indian Ambassador to VietnamPreeti Saran.

"We need to move to the next level of cooperation by providing assistance in developing the hardware of theVietnamese Armed Forcesand also the production capacity of the defence industry. Towards this the Indian Government has extended USD 100 million line of credit for defence procurement," said Saran, Ambassador ofIndiato Vietnam while speaking during the Seminar on Potential for India Vietnam Cooperation in Defence Industry in Hanoi today.

Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vice Minister of Defence of Vietnam welcomed the Indian assistance and expressed his hope to further strengthen the Indo-Vietnam strategic relations.

Gen Vu Chien Thang, Director General of External Relations Department was also present in the Seminar.

Sanjay Garg, Joint Secretary, Defence Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Defence who was leading the official delegation made a presentation on the Indian Defence industry's capabilities and how these capabilities can be utilized to promote defence industrial cooperation between both the countries.

Several presentations were made on company specific capabilities ranging from design engineering to defence electronics to shipbuilding.

India committed to capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces - Economic Times

 

[Genesis]

I think US provides a billion dollars worth of weapons and stuff to Egypt, a year.

Maybe India can do that. I mean 100 million one time credit is not a lot, or anything really. If you are lucky you might be able to buy 1 F-16 with that money though I doubt it.

 

[Viet]

I think US provides a billion dollars worth of weapons and stuff to Egypt, a year.

Maybe India can do that. I mean 100 million one time credit is not a lot, or anything really. If you are lucky you might be able to buy 1 F-16 with that money though I doubt it.

The 100m bucks will be used for buying 4 India made advanced patrol vessels. You know certainly, every long journey begins with the first step. First come patrol ships, everything else comes with the time.

 

[pher]

This is actually good news for us. We all know the capability of indian. they are only capable of bullying pakistans.

 

[janon]

I think US provides a billion dollars worth of weapons and stuff to Egypt, a year.

Maybe India can do that. I mean 100 million one time credit is not a lot, or anything really. If you are lucky you might be able to buy 1 F-16 with that money though I doubt it.

1) You ought to learn what 'line of credit' means.
2) You ought to check up how much an F-16 costs.

 

[Genesis]

1) You ought to learn what 'line of credit' means.
2) You ought to check up how much an F-16 costs.

I know what line of credit means, I have it. You need to pay it back or extent credit line before using more. I'm not sure what the exact deal is so I can't comment too much.

I mean F-15 Slam Eagle, US has too damn many F-1x. This forum discusses F-16 much more, so there's the mistake.


You need to get a feel for the tone, I mean this is an internet forum, and we are all busy, so a mistake here and there is unavoidable. But the gist of it is definitely important.

100 million, that's not enough to do anything. I been on yachts that cost more.

 

[janon]

I know what line of credit means, I have it. You need to pay it back or extent credit line before using more. I'm not sure what the exact deal is so I can't comment too much.

I mean F-15 Slam Eagle, US has too damn many F-1x. This forum discusses F-16 much more, so there's the mistake.


You need to get a feel for the tone, I mean this is an internet forum, and we are all busy, so a mistake here and there is unavoidable. But the gist of it is definitely important.

100 million, that's not enough to do anything. I been on yachts that cost more.

The gist is indeed important. But it gets lost when you make a false analogy.

Anyway, the counter "gist" is this. $100 million dollars may not mean much to the defence budget of China or even India, but it is a lot of money for small countries. If you don't believe me, ask your pet Pakistan. China has extended similar lines of credit (of comparable monetary value) to Pak, and those poor sods believe that to be the proof of friendship that is "higher than mountains, deeper than oceans, sweeter than honey". If Pakistanis can delude themsellves into believing that these lines of credit (soft loans) from China mean that they have a new father figure (now that USA is no longer a father figure for them), then surely it will also mean a lot to Vietnam. Of course, neither India nor Vietnam has any delusions about us being big daddy to them and rescuing them in future wars, like Pakistanis have about China.

As the news says, this money is not meant to buy any specific hardware, but to build their capabilities. In that light, it is a lot of money.

 

[xunzi]

The gist is indeed important. But it gets lost when you make a false analogy.

Anyway, the counter "gist" is this. $100 million dollars may not mean much to the defence budget of China or even India, but it is a lot of money for small countries. If you don't believe me, ask your pet Pakistan. China has extended similar lines of credit (of comparable monetary value) to Pak, and those poor sods believe that to be the proof of friendship that is "higher than mountains, deeper than oceans, sweeter than honey". If Pakistanis can delude themsellves into believing that these lines of credit (soft loans) from China mean that they have a new father figure (now that USA is no longer a father figure for them), then surely it will also mean a lot to Vietnam. Of course, neither India nor Vietnam has any delusions about us being big daddy to them and rescuing them in future wars, like Pakistanis have about China.

As the news says, this money is not meant to buy any specific hardware, but to build their capabilities. In that light, it is a lot of money.

So you are saying the Vietnamese will now view India as their father figure? LOL

 

[janon]

So you are saying the Vietnamese will now view India as their father figure? LOL

I was saying that they won't. You ought to take reading comprehension classes.

 

[TaiShang]

Vietnam, along with the Philippines, is the most readily available pawn to counter China in a cheap way in these days.

 

[xunzi]

I was saying that they won't. You ought to take reading comprehension classes.

I bet the Vietnamese is going to view you as a father figure now, so it is your responsibility to feed them.

 

[areal]

100 million can support building 4 ships. How small these ships are.

 

[Cossack25A1]

Vietnam, along with the Philippines, is the most readily available pawn to counter China in a cheap way in these days.

The Vietnamese can go first, we're going to join much later.

 

[Beidou2020]

This is actually good news for us. We all know the capability of indian. they are only capable of bullying pakistans.

India can barely even make their own weapons let alone give others weapons. We know the quality (lack thereof) of Indian weapons. I'd much rather Viets have Indian weapons than Yankee weapons.

Vietnam, along with the Philippines, is the most readily available pawn to counter China in a cheap way in these days.

Viets and Pinoys are low class.

 

[pher]

The Vietnamese can go first, we're going to join much later.

this shows your true cunning nature. everybody hope the other one could be the cannon fodder for them, forget about your jioning hand to counter China. hilarious.