India-Vietnam's Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to Counter China
India is moving East to woo China's rivals in South China Disputes, and it is the time that India should arm them to counter the rise of China. [Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of Vietnamese Communist Party on Saturday on his two-day tour to Vietnam.] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Vietnam "a strong pillar of India's Act East Policy" during his meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday before heading to China to participate in G20 summit. He added,"our bilateral ties are based on strong mutual trust, and understanding, and convergence of views on various regional and international issues." Act East Policy, transformed from "Look East", was launched in 2014 under the leadership of PM Modi. The policy aims at developing comprehensive cooperation with Asia Pacific nations in various fields including economic, politics an d