Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh on September 13 hosted a reception for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma, where he affirmed the importance Vietnam attaches to relations with India, covering cooperation in national defence.
Vietnam and India hold huge potential to enhance tourism cooperation as they have long-standing relations and share similarities in cultural values, particularly direct flights between the two nations will serve as momentum for people-to-people exchange and bilateral trade and investment, said Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau.
Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said Vietnam always seriously and fully delivers on commitments of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as well as signed free trade agreements.
Two ships INS Kolkata and INS Shakti of the Indian Navy docked at the Cam Ranh International Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on April 13, beginning a four-day visit to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind discussed a joint vision to further deepen the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership during their meeting in Hanoi on November 20 on the occasion of the Indian leader’s state visit to Vietnam.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his spouse Savita Kovind on November 18 began a three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Phu Trong.
A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Quang Nam province, is paying a working visit to India from October 16-20 to strengthen partnership between the CPV and Indian political parties.
Leaders of foreign countries sent congratulatory messages to Vietnamese Party, State and Government leaders on the country’s 73rd National Day (September 2).
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the 16th Meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh stated that he is optimistic that Vietnam-India bilateral trade will hit 15 billion USD by 2020, during his remarks at the international conference “India-Vietnam: Strengthening Economic Ties” in New Delhi on July 26-27.
The Party and State of Vietnam will create optimal conditions for the Vietnamese and Indian Defence Ministries to cooperate closely and effectively, thus deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, said President Tran Dai Quang.
The Party and State always consider overseas Vietnamese an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation and an important resource for national development, said President Tran Dai Quang.
President Tran Dai Quang met with Speaker of the Lower House of India’s Parliament Sumitra Mahajan, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and former President of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi.
Vietnam wants to boost investment cooperation with India in the fields of information-technology, biotechnology, renewable energy, machinery building, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, among others.
The Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership has developed strongly. Vietnam is now India’s fourth largest trade partner in ASEAN and India is among Vietnam’s ten largest trade partners.
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