Vietnamese Foreign Ministers Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi on June 17, during which they agreed on the need to apply drastic measures to further bilateral partnership in all fields.

The visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Indian Lower House, Om Birla, has made great contributions to strengthening the Vietnam-India comprehensive partnership as well as the cooperation between the two parliaments, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha has said.

Vietnam always treasures and wishes to enhance its comprehensive strategic partnership with India, both bilaterally and multilaterally, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said on April 15 during his phone talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Indian People's Party).

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has highlighted the great political significance of his on-going visit to India, especially in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused negative impacts on international relations, and all aspects of socio-economic life in countries.

Chairman of the Nation Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in New Delhi on December 15 for his official visit to India at the invitations of Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) Venkaiah Naidu.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and other people’s organizations have flexibly responded to the current challenges and renovated their activities to adapt to the new situation, VUFO President Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of the National Conference on External Affairs.

There is a huge potential to increase Vietnam-India trade ties in various sectors. India can be a good destination of export goods from Vietnam. Further, more and more Indian tourists can be attracted to Vietnam.

Vietnam resolutely and consistently safeguards its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the East Sea as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea through peaceful means based on international law, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on July 25.

President Tran Dai Quang’s freshly-concluded State visits to India and Bangladesh have gained successes in all spheres, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy.

President Truong Tan Sang and Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil witnessed six cooperative agreements during the former’s four-day official visit to India starting on October 11.