Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind

PM Phuc said Vietnam’s diplomatic policy treasures ties with traditional friends like India. President Kovind vowed to promote their comprehensive strategic partnership, which is based on a 45-year diplomatic relationship.

Both sides agreed to frequently organize high-ranking delegation visits by their parties, governments, and parliaments, and exchanges between their localities. They said defence-security cooperation will be boosted toward greater effectiveness, while economics and trade partnerships will be promoted toward a bilateral trade goal of 15 billion USD by 2020. Kovind said India will continue to support Vietnam in training high-quality human resources and offering more development support packages and preferential credit to Vietnam.