President calls for stronger India ties

President Truong Tan Sang on May 22 highlighted that Vietnam and India need to boost their comprehensive cooperation and mobilise their utmost strength to raise their relations to a higher status.
President Truong Tan Sang on May 22 highlighted that Vietnam andIndia need to boost their comprehensive cooperation and mobilise theirutmost strength to raise their relations to a higher status.

He was receiving Geetesh Sharma, president of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee, who led a delegation to Vietnam .

Sang affirmed the two countries have developed their traditionalrelations based on the foundation set up by their two former leaders, HoChi Minh and Jawaharlal Nehru.

He said the twocountries have improved their cooperation in the fields of politics,economics, national defence, culture and education, especially since theestablishment of their strategic partnership in July 2007.

He said the two countries’ cooperation agreements reached recently inpetroleum, aviation, research, education, agriculture and culture and amemorandum of understanding on Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012 willboost their comprehensive ties.

He expressed hiswish that during this trip, the president and other members of thedelegation will put forward more initiatives and effective methods tostrengthen relations between the committee and Vietnam’s people’sorganisations as well as deepen the two countries’ strategicpartnership.

Geetesh Sharma expressed his hope thatVietnam ’s relevant agencies will keep creating favourable conditionsfor the committee to contribute more towards the two countries’relations. He said the committee has held a lot of activities to boostthe Indian people’s understanding of Vietnam.-VNA

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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam (third, right, front), his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with leaders of various countries, attend the military parade at the Red Square in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945 – 2025) (Photo: VNA)

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☕ Afternoon briefing on May 9

☕ Afternoon briefing on May 9

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the government meeting on May 9. (Photo: VNA)

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☀️ Morning digest on May 9

☀️ Morning digest on May 9

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The Party leader proposed the two sides continue enhancing the comprehensive strategic partnership by further strengthening political trust through increased mutual visits at all levels, improving the efficiency of the Inter-governmental Committee and its member working groups, and bolstering defence – security cooperation.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov (L) sees off Party General Secretary To Lam at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on May 8. (Photo: VNA)

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The adoption of the joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two nations during this visit marks a historic milestone, laying a foundation for further strengthening bilateral relations in the coming time.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam (second, right) meets with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov (second, left). (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary To Lam meets with Azerbaijani PM Ali Asadov

The General Secretary affirmed the Party, State and people of Vietnam always remember and are grateful for the valuable support and assistance that the Azerbaijani people have given to Vietnam in the past struggle for independence and national reunification as well as in the current process of national construction and development, and stressed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wants to further deepen relations with Azerbaijan in all fields.