PM Pham Minh Chinh begins 3-day State visit to India
WVR/VNA - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on July 30 evening for a State visit to India from July 30-August 1 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s state visit to India from July 30 to August 1 focuses on further intensifying the two countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership in multiple spheres. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
This is the first State visit to India by PM Pham Minh Chinh as the head of the Vietnamese government, and the first visit to India by a Vietnamese PM in a decade. PM Pham Minh Chinh is also one of the first foreign leaders to pay a visit to India since this country held the Lok Sabha (lower house) election and its new-tenure government took office. The trip coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Accords, on which Indian played a critically important role in the negotiations and signing.
The visit takes place when the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership is developing strongly on the foundation of firm relations and high political trust. Bilateral ties across the party, state, parliamentary, and people-to-people channels have expanded, while defence-security cooperation, a key pillar in bilateral relations, has seen significant progress. Two-way trade has increased 2.5 times since 2016, reaching nearly 15 billion USD in 2023.
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| This visit is the first by a Vietnamese or Indian PM to each other’s countries since the two sides established the comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
Major Indian conglomerates are rolling out cooperation with Vietnam in strategic sectors like renewable energy, processing industry, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, seaport infrastructure, and logistics. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s automaker Vinfast has started construction on a car assembly and production plant in Tamil Nadu state of India, with total committed capital of 2 billion USD.
The number of Indian visitors to Vietnam shot up 2.5 times over the past four years, from 170,000 in 2019 to 400,000 in 2023. The two countries have supported each other and promoted cooperation at international and regional forums and organisations, especially the United Nations.
During the visit, PM Chinh and Indian leaders are expected to outline directions for deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership across various fields, particularly trade-investment, renewable energy, processing, green economy, digital economy, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, logistics, automobile, science-technology, information-communication technology, education-training, culture-tourism, agriculture, and people-to-people exchange.
