In a recent interview to the Vietnam News Agency,Professor, Dr. Pankaj Jha, a senior facultymember with Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) and Editor-in- Chiefof the JSIA Journal, highlighted the significance of the visit, saying that itopens new vistas of cooperation between the two sides in many fields, frompolitics, security-defence, to culture exchange.
Thetwo sides signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs), focusing on tradeand investment, agriculture and atomic energy, power production, hydrocarbon, renewableenergy, pharmaceutical production, textile and garment, infrastructuredevelopment, tourism, and ICT.
The MoU between the Global Centrefor Nuclear Energy Partnership(GCNEP) and Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute is an effortto promote contributions of the nuclear energy sector to the two countries’energy industry, as well as enhance their cooperation in the field, he said.
In his speech at Nehru MemorialMuseum and Library in New Delhi, President Quang mentioned the term “IndianOcean – Asia – the Pacific”, and this is a new signal for stronger cooperation betweenthe two countries in the coming time.
President Quang also praised the role and detailed plans in India’s “Act East” Policy,he added.
The highlight of the speech is that it stressed the need for the two countries toboost cooperation across fields, from politics, culture, economy, defence and theirjoint effort to promote peace in the region, he affirmed
Meanwhile, Faisal Ahmed - an expert specialising in international trade andgeopolitics from FORE School ofManagement Faculty, said President Quang’s visit contributed to calling formeasures for challenges related to geopolitics, security and defence.
PresidentQuang’s speech raised the question of how to diversify trade, towards fosteringtwo-way trade between the two countries, he stressed.
Healso invited Indian firms to cooperate with Vietnam in exploit oil and gas in Vietnam’sexclusive economic zone in the context that India has strategic interest in theEast Sea.
Vineeta Pandey, Senior Editor from “the Pioneer” newspaper, said thanks to Vietnam,India becomes closer to other ASEAN member nations, stressing that India needsto thank Vietnam for its effort as the coordinator of the India-ASEAN.
She also highlighted that President Quang’s speech at Nehru Memorial Museum conveyed a message of win-wincooperation, and mentioned challenges facing the two sides.
Meanwhile, PhD. Arniban Ganguly – Director of Syama Prasad Mookerjee ResearchFoundation, stressed thevisit helped further strengthen the relations between the two countries.
He spoke of President Quang’s speech at Nehru Memorial Museum, saying it set out a roadmap forcooperation between the two nations in all domains.
President Tran Dai Quang paid a State visit to India from March 2-4 at theinvitation of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. -VNA