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In his opening speech, Major General Ho Quang Tuan, deputy head of the Vietnamese General Department of Defense, said the gathering is a chance to boost mutual understanding and trust for partnership formation between defense businesses of the two nations, while enabling participating units and businesses to access updated information on cooperation contents of their interest and to come up with more suitable orientations and action plans for their joint work. At the event, the two sides discussed a wide range of topic including research collaboration, design-manufacturing, technological transfer, defense goods purchase, and cooperation in defense industry and human resources training. Sixteen companies from India introduced their outstanding research studies in suggestion for bilateral partnership.