India Vietnam Ties

Indian mission holds musical night in Vietnam to celebrate bilateral ties

Musical evening by 'Indian Ocean Band' was held at Hanoi Opera House to mark 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Will promote political, security cooperation with India: Vietnam envoy

"India is one of the three comprehensive strategic partners of Vietnam. There is so much potential in bilateral cooperation in the upcoming years, especially in economic cooperation

Vietjet flights to connect five Indian cities to Vietnam this year

Vietnamese carrier Vietjet on Friday said its flight services will connect five Indian cities to Vietnam by early November this year. At present, Mumbai and Delhi are part of the southeast Asian airline's international network. Vietjet has been flying into India since December 2019 when it launched services to Delhi from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The services were discontinued after India suspended all commercial international passenger flight operations in late March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the Indian government lifted the ban on March 27 this year, Vietjet announced resumption of operations along with expansion of its services between the two countries. "We launched services to Mumbai in June with an Airbus A320 within three months of resuming flights to Delhi. And within a month of that we upgraded the aircraft to 214-seater A321 from 180-seater A320. This is a very positive sign of demand growth," Jay Lingeswara, Director Commercial, VietJet, s

Rajnath Singh hand overs $1 mn to Vietnam for language, IT training school

Adding yet another leaf to the defence ties between New Delhi and Hanoi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday handed over a $1 mn to Vietnam's Air Force Officers Training School

Rajnath hands over 12 high-speed guard boats to Vietnam during visit

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over to Vietnam 12 high-speed guard boats built under a USD 100 million Line of Credit granted to the Southeast Asian country by India. The boats were given by Singh at a ceremony in Hong Ha shipyard on the second day of his visit to Vietnam "It gives me great pleasure to join this historic ceremony marking the successful completion of the project to build 12 high speed guard boats under the USD 100 million Defence Line of Credit by India," he said at the event. The initial five boats were manufactured at the L&T Shipyard in India and remaining seven were built in Hong Ha shipyard. "I am confident that this will be a precursor to many more cooperative defence projects between India and Vietnam," Singh said. "This project is a glowing example of our 'Make in India -- Make for the World' mission," he added. The defence minister said India would be "greatly pleased" if "close friends like Vietnam" become part of the country's ...

India, Vietnam ink MoU on logistics support as Rajnath Singh hold talks

Wide-ranging discussions on effective and practical initiatives to further expand bilateral defence engagements and regional and global issues were held between the two sides

India, Vietnam explore coalition to support economic development, security

India and Vietnam on Monday held the 12th round of Political Consultations and the ninth round of Strategic Dialogue between the foreign ministries of the two countries

India, Vietnam carry out bilateral maritime drill in South China Sea

India and Vietnam navies have carried out bilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea, the Indian navy said on Wednesday.

Vietnam looks towards India to ease farm exports hit by coronavirus

Vietnam has asked India to reduce trade barriers on its exports, such as black pepper and cashew nuts, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Friday

Prez Kovind visits Vietnam, boosts bilateral ties in oil, defence sector

This is Kovind's first visit to South-East Asia and to the ASEAN region as the president

Sushma Swaraj arrives in Hanoi, starts four-day visit to Vietnam, Cambodia

Swaraj will co-chair the 16th meeting of the Joint Commission, along with the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh

Anti-dumping duty hike on Indian shrimps by US to have neutral impact

Vietnam continues to be the second largest export destination for Indian shrimp

Vietnam open for business, but will India Inc cash in?

The south-east Asian nation's growing prosperity offers huge opportunities, but India Inc is yet to cash in

With eye on China, India and Vietnam enhance ties; sign I&B, space pacts

During Modi's visit to Vietnam in Sept 2016, the India-Vietnam relationship was upgraded to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership