The increased exchange of information between military research agencies of Vietnam and India will strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries, said a senior military officer.

Lieut. Gen. Tran Quang Khue, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, stated this while receiving Lieut. Gen. Sumer Singh, general director of the Planning Department of the Indian Army in Hanoi on Nov. 28.

Lieut. Gen. Khue applauded the results of the earlier working session between the Planning Department of the Indian Army and the Military Strategy Institute of Vietnam.

Lieut. Gen. Sumer Singh thanked Lieut. Gen. Khue for his reception and said that he was delighted at the results of his visit./.