President Tran Dai Quang (R) received Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his visit to Vietnam in September 2016 (Photo VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang,his spouse, and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on March 2 morning to pay athree-day State visit to India.
The visit takes place at a time when Vietnam –India traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation have been developingextensively, especially since the establishment of a bilateral strategicpartnership in 2007 and the elevation of the ties to comprehensive strategicpartnership in 2016.
[President Tran Dai Quang’s India visit to foster multi-faceted cooperation]
It affirms Vietnam’s consistent external policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification ofinternational ties, including attaching importance to the friendship withIndia.
On political front, Vietnam and India conductedthe exchange of high-level delegations and cooperation mechanisms such as theVietnam – India Inter-Governmental Committee on Scientific-Technological andCultural-Education Cooperation, political consultations and strategic dialoguesbetween the two foreign ministries.
Bilateral national defence-security links keepimproving with the upgrade of national defence dialogue from deputy ministerialinto ministerial level in June 2016 and the establishment of a national defencedialogue mechanism in 2003. Extended defence ties were seen in naval, groundand air forces with a focus on training, defence industry and vesselvisits.
Economic and trade ties are considered one ofthe pillars in bilateral relations by the two governments. India is amongVietnam’s top 10 trade partners of Vietnam while Vietnam is a top priority inIndia’s Look East policy.
Two-way trade was estimated at 7.5 billion USDin 2017, up 37.7 percent annually. As of late November 2017, India registeredcapital of 756 million USD in Vietnam, ranking 28th out of 126 countries andterritories investing in the country. Vietnam currently invests in sevenprojects worth 6.15 million USD in India.
India is assisting Vietnam in personnel trainingin many fields via providing scholarships and establishing training centres inHanoi, the central city of Da Nang and Nha Trang city in Khanh Hoaprovince.
The two nations signed a cultural exchangeprogramme for 2015-2017 and held exchanges, fairs and exhibitions to populariseculture and tourism. They also signed a memorandum of understanding onestablishing Nalanda University to pave the way for further Buddhismcooperation, while India opened the India Cultural Centre in Hanoi topopularise Bollywood movies, yoga and Buddhism.
India transferred technologies to Vietnam andboosted technical coordination in the fields of remote sensing, nano, bio andinformation technology, oceanography and climate change.
Vietnam and India have offered mutual support inmultilateral forums, especially at the United Nations. As coordinator in theIndia-ASEAN partnership for 2015-2018, Vietnam supports India’s “Act East”policy, and its initiatives to boost regional connectivity, especiallyCambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam and Mekong Ganga Cooperation.-VNA
It affirms Vietnam’s consistent external policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification ofinternational ties, including attaching importance to the friendship withIndia.
On political front, Vietnam and India conductedthe exchange of high-level delegations and cooperation mechanisms such as theVietnam – India Inter-Governmental Committee on Scientific-Technological andCultural-Education Cooperation, political consultations and strategic dialoguesbetween the two foreign ministries.
Bilateral national defence-security links keepimproving with the upgrade of national defence dialogue from deputy ministerialinto ministerial level in June 2016 and the establishment of a national defencedialogue mechanism in 2003. Extended defence ties were seen in naval, groundand air forces with a focus on training, defence industry and vesselvisits.
Economic and trade ties are considered one ofthe pillars in bilateral relations by the two governments. India is amongVietnam’s top 10 trade partners of Vietnam while Vietnam is a top priority inIndia’s Look East policy.
Two-way trade was estimated at 7.5 billion USDin 2017, up 37.7 percent annually. As of late November 2017, India registeredcapital of 756 million USD in Vietnam, ranking 28th out of 126 countries andterritories investing in the country. Vietnam currently invests in sevenprojects worth 6.15 million USD in India.
India is assisting Vietnam in personnel trainingin many fields via providing scholarships and establishing training centres inHanoi, the central city of Da Nang and Nha Trang city in Khanh Hoaprovince.
The two nations signed a cultural exchangeprogramme for 2015-2017 and held exchanges, fairs and exhibitions to populariseculture and tourism. They also signed a memorandum of understanding onestablishing Nalanda University to pave the way for further Buddhismcooperation, while India opened the India Cultural Centre in Hanoi topopularise Bollywood movies, yoga and Buddhism.
India transferred technologies to Vietnam andboosted technical coordination in the fields of remote sensing, nano, bio andinformation technology, oceanography and climate change.
Vietnam and India have offered mutual support inmultilateral forums, especially at the United Nations. As coordinator in theIndia-ASEAN partnership for 2015-2018, Vietnam supports India’s “Act East”policy, and its initiatives to boost regional connectivity, especiallyCambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam and Mekong Ganga Cooperation.-VNA
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