News Excerpt:

Exercise VINBAX 2023 will be conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 11th to 21st December 2023.

About VINBAX exercise:

• Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX) was instituted in 2018, and the first edition was conducted at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. 
• It is an annual training event conducted alternatively in India and Vietnam. 
• The last edition was conducted at Chandimandir Military Station in August 2022.
• The exercise aims to foster collaborative partnerships, promote interoperability, and share best practices between the two sides under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter on Peacekeeping Operations.
• The joint exercise will encourage exchanging ideas, and both contingents will jointly rehearse tactics, techniques, and procedures. 
• Ideas will be exchanged on modern methods to construct roads, culverts, helipads, ammunition shelters, and observation posts in operational areas. 
• In addition, rehearsals will be carried out for drills related to combat engineering and combat medical tasks.
• The Exercise will culminate with a Validation Exercise, wherein standards attained by both contingents will be showcased. 
• Both sides will conduct technical military operations in accordance with the scenarios akin to the worldwide deployment of United Nations contingents.