Politics

Vietnam, India enjoy all-around cooperation

Vietnam and India have seen profound and comprehensive development in a wide range of fields, from politics, diplomacy, economics and trade to culture, science, education and defence, at bilateral, regional and international levels.
Vietnam and India have seen profound and comprehensive developmentin a wide range of fields, from politics, diplomacy, economics and tradeto culture, science, education and defence, at bilateral, regional andinternational levels.

The remark was made byChairman of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh CityHuynh Thanh Lap at a ceremony held in the city on August 13 to mark the66 th anniversary of Indian Independence Day (August 15, 1947-2013).

Lap underscored the close traditional relationshipbetween Vietnam and India , which originates from both nations’similarities in history, culture, art and religion, and was nurtured byPresident Ho Chi Minh and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The two sides will continue reinforcing and furthering their bilateralrelations to realise the strategic cooperative partnership, which wasestablished in 2007, he added.

Sharing these views,Indian Consul General in HCM City Deepak Mittal said that the soundrelationship between Vietnam and India has become stronger,especially after the visits of high-ranking leaders from both countries.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Indiareached nearly 2.6 billion USD in the first half of this year, up 40percent against the same period last year. The figure is expected to hit7 billion USD in 2015, said Deepak Mittal.

India isinvesting in 86 projects worth 936 million USD in Vietnam, mainly inthe fields of oil and gas, mining, sugar cane, information technologyand farm produce processing.-VNA
Follow VietnamPlus

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

PM meets with Kazakh, Turkmen, Ethiopian leaders

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had brief meetings with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow, and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan city of Russia on October 23 evening (local time).

The seminar brings together Vietnamese researchers in Russia, young scientists of Vietnam and China, and experts from other specialised fields. (Photo: VNA)

Seminar spotlights Vietnam studies in Russia

An international seminar titled "Current issues in Vietnam studies” took place at the Centre for Vietnam and ASEAN Studies (CVAS) of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia under the Russian Academy of Sciences on October 23.

PM meets with Chinese top leader on sidelines of BRICS+ Summit

PM meets with Chinese top leader on sidelines of BRICS+ Summit

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23 (local time).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kazan on October 23 evening (local time). (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese PM meets with Turkish President in Russia

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kazan on October 23 evening (local time) within the framework of his trip to Russia for attendance at the expanded BRICS Summit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith in Kazan, Russia, on October 23 when attending the expanded BRICS Summit. (Photo: VNA)

PM Pham Minh Chinh meets Lao top leader

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith in Kazan, Russia, on October 23 (local time), while there to attend the expanded BRICS Summit.

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh. (Photo: VNA)

Party leader’s article creates new vitality to building, perfection of rule-of-law socialist State: Official

Party General Secretary To Lam’s article entitled “Promoting Party characteristics in building a law-governed socialist State in Vietnam” brings a breath of fresh air and creates new vitality to the promotion of building and perfecting the Vietnamese rule-of-law socialist State of the people, by the people, and for the people in a faster and more effective manner, commended Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrives in Kazan city of Russia (Photo: VNA)

PM arrives in Kazan, starting trip to attend BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Kazan city of Russia on October 23 morning local time), beginning his two-day trip to attend the expanded BRICS Summit, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, Chair of BRICS 2024.