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Vietnam attends India’s North East Summit

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Tan, together with officials and diplomats from South Asian and ASEAN countries, has attended India’s North East Summit in Mumbai.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India NguyenThanh Tan, together with officials and diplomats from South Asian andASEAN countries, has attended India’s North East Summit in Mumbai.

Addressingthe event, Ambassador Tan stressed the favourable conditions forVietnam and India’s northeastern region to strengthen cooperation,including the close distance and many geographic similarities,especially as the two countries are promoting their strategicpartnership.

However, the diplomat also emphasised the need tofurther enhance connectivity in order to expand cooperation between theregion and Vietnam in particular and ASEAN in general.

Thesummit, which ended on Jan. 22, discussed issues related to the Indiangovernment’s development strategies for its northeastern region whichhas a great tourism and economic potential, especially in mining,infrastructure, agriculture, and food processing.

The northeastregion consists of eight states with a total area of 262,230 sq.km and a40 million population. It borders Nepa , Bangladesh, Myanmar,Bhutan and China.

The Indian government plans to attractforeign investment to turn the region into an international economic andtrade hub, a gateway to ASEAN and East Asia, in order to promote thecountry’s “Look East” policy./.

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