President of the Vietnam – India Friendship Association of HCM City Huynh Thanh Lap (R) presents flowers to Indian Consul General in HCM City Madan Mohan Sethi at the event. (Photo: https://thoidai.com.vn/) Addressing the event, President of the Vietnam – India FriendshipAssociation of HCM City Huynh Thanh Lap highlighted the significance of thehistoric date of January 26, 1950, when the Constitution of India with basic political principles took effect, creating a foundation for India to develop into a power as it is today.
Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1972 which were upgraded to a strategic partnership in2007 and then a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2017, the Vietnam – India relations have been growing strongly, and recordinggreat achievements across cooperation pillars such as politics – diplomacy, defence– security, trade- investment, science – technology, culture, andpeople-to-people exchange, he stressed.
Lap took this occasion to thank the Indian ConsulateGeneral in HCM City and the Indian Business Association in Vietnam for their coordinationin organising activities to mark the 50th founding anniversary ofthe Vietnam – India diplomatic ties in 2022, expressing his hope to continue receivingsupport from the agency in people-to-people diplomatic events, thus deepening thebilateral relations.
Meanwhile, Indian Consul General in HCM City MadanMohan Sethi expressed his delight at the fruitful development of the India-Vietnam relations in recent years, and thanked HUFO for hosting the get-together, and other people-to-people exchange events whichhave contributed to strengthening cooperation, solidarity and friendship betweenthe two countries’ people.
He hoped that HUFO and the India - VietnamFriendship Association of HCM City will enhance coordination with the Consulate General to connect Vietnamese and Indian businesses, towards expandingcooperation in trade, investment, health care and education./.