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India and Vietnam Discuss Expanding Enhanced Strategic Partnership
India and Vietnam are working to make their relationship stronger.
Indian minister Pabitra Margherita met Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in Hanoi.
He delivered greetings from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two sides discussed turning important promises into practical cooperation.
Their relationship was recently upgraded to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Margherita also met Vietnamese people who had joined Indian education and training programs.
He talked with Vietnam’s textile industry about working together.
He also honored Vietnam’s former leader Ho Chi Minh.
Pabitra Margherita met Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in Hanoi to discuss advancing bilateral cooperation.
Margherita conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings and recalled President To Lam’s successful visit to India.
India and Vietnam recently elevated their relationship to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Margherita held discussions with Vietnamese ITEC and ICCR alumni and invited more young Vietnamese people to study in India.
He also discussed textile-sector collaboration and paid tribute to Ho Chi Minh at his Hanoi mausoleum.
- Who
- Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, with discussions also involving officials, scholars and textile-industry representatives.
- What
- They discussed advancing India-Vietnam cooperation and implementing commitments under their Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
- Where
- Hanoi, Vietnam, including meetings and events at the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s office and Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum.
- When
- Margherita met Hung on Thursday after arriving in Hanoi on Tuesday; the relationship upgrade was announced in May.
- Why
- To further advance bilateral ties and translate high-level commitments into concrete results.
Key facts
- Indian official
- Pabitra Margherita, Union Minister of State for External Affairs
- Vietnamese official
- Le Minh Hung, Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Relationship status
- India and Vietnam have an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
- Indian prime minister
- Narendra Modi conveyed warm wishes through Margherita
- Education initiatives
- Margherita met alumni of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations
- Business cooperation
- He discussed opportunities with Vietnam’s textile industry to deepen cooperation in the textile and apparel value chain
- Commemorative visit
- Margherita paid tribute to Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi
Quotes
Pabitra Margherita
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs
“Happy to see that India’s Developmental partnership and capacity-building initiatives are making a tangible difference on the ground through participation of a large number of Vietnamese officials and scholars.”
thehansindia.com
“Paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi, honouring his enduring legacy and the deep civilisational bonds between India and Vietnam that his leadership strengthened further.”
thehansindia.com
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