New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- India and Vietnam reviewed cooperation under their bilateral strategic partnership, including trade and defence, as National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met the top leadership of the Southeast Asian country in Hanoi on Monday.

Doval and Vietnam's deputy prime minister and defence minister Gen Phan Van Giang reviewed bilateral defence cooperation and agreed to further deepen engagements in the domain, the Indian Embassy said on social media.

Phan suggested to Doval that India should continue supporting and advancing defence cooperation, "commensurate with its role as a key pillar of the enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries", according to an official readout from the Vietnamese ...