
Welcoming Nen, Naidu, who is also Chairman of the Council of States of India, said 2022 is of significance to the Vietnam-Indiarelations as the two countries are celebrating the 50th anniversaryof their diplomatic ties this year (1972 – 2022).
Given that Vietnam, including HCM City, boasts greatadvantages in agricultural production, Vice President Naidu wishes the two sidesto further support and share experience with each other to develop agricultureand ensure food security in India.
Nen, for his part, thanked the Government and people of Indiafor their timely support for the southern city when it was battling theCOVID-19 outbreak, saying the city has kept the virus at bay and been seeingstrong socio-economic recovery. HCM City is standing firm as the main engine ofthe Vietnamese economy, he said.
He went on to highly appreciate the Indian community in HCMCity for playing a part in promoting Indian culture in Vietnam and strengthening the bilateral ties. There is hugepotential for the two sides to expand cooperation in the fields ofdefence-security, trade, information technology, digital transformation,tourism, cultural exchange, and people-to-people diplomacy, the city leadersaid.
HCM City is looking forward to fully unleashing potentialfor growing bilateral partnership in tourism after a direct flight has beenlaunched between the two countries.
Nen later paid a courtesy call to President of the IndianPeople’s Party Prakash Nadda during which they spent much of their timediscussing about Party building.
He later met with Indian Minister of External Affairs S.Jaishankar and paid a courtesy visit to Sitaram Yechury, general secretary ofthe Communist Party of India (Marxist)./.