Russia for many years had a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, dating back to the cold war, which it gave up in 2002, but it has recently signed a new agreement to begin using the base again, alongside other foreign navies including that of the US. It has also had a close relationship with India, but that reflected India’s desire during the cold war to remain always independent of the West. In military matters India in those days interpreted “non-aligned” as meaning “be a democracy but also buy military hardware from the USSR”.
