Hanoi, November 1: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval arrived in Hanoi on Sunday on an official visit to Vietnam, during which he will meet the Vietnamese leadership to review the Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, IANS reported.
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“Welcome to Vietnam! National Security Advisor (NSA) of India Shri Ajit Doval, KC, landed in Hanoi on an official visit. NSA, during the visit, will interact with the Vietnamese leadership in line with the Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” the Indian Embassy in Vietnam posted on X, as quoted by IANS.
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India and Vietnam elevated their bilateral relations to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Vietnamese President To Lam's State visit to India in May 2026. Doval's visit is the latest in a series of high-level engagements giving practical shape to that upgraded framework.
Source: Indian Economic Observer
A run of high-level exchanges
On October 27, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Vietnamese MP Mai Dung Thai Quynh and members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group on the sidelines of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi. The two sides discussed enhancing parliamentary engagement and exploring cooperation in trade, industry, information technology and artificial intelligence, IANS reported. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP MP Dilip Saikia were also present.
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In September, India and Vietnam held discussions on strengthening the partnership and on defence industrial cooperation, during a meeting between Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lt Gen Nguyen Truong Thang on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
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No agenda details or outcomes from Doval's meetings had been announced by Sunday evening; the embassy's statement limited itself to the purpose of the visit. Further readouts are expected as his talks with the Vietnamese leadership take place.
Source: Indian Economic Observer