Vietnam Arms Deal

Any moves by India to step-up military ties with Vietnam to counter China will create "disturbance" in the region and Beijing will not "sit with its arms crossed", state media said today, taking exception to a report that New Delhi plans to sell surface-to-air Akash missiles to Hanoi.

The warning came a day after the U.S. president announced the lifting of a longstanding embargo on lethal arms sales to Vietnam - a move that Obama insisted was "not based on China."

Any moves by India to step-up military ties with Vietnam to counter China will create "disturbance" in the region and Beijing will not "sit with its arms crossed", state media said today, taking exception to a report that New Delhi plans to sell surface-to-air Akash missiles to Hanoi.

The warning came a day after the U.S. president announced the lifting of a longstanding embargo on lethal arms sales to Vietnam - a move that Obama insisted was "not based on China."