Developing Vietnam-India strategic partnership
The State visit of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to India at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reached its successful conclusion. The joint statement between the two countries affirmed that the India-Vietnam relationship is a time tested friendship characterised by shared interests, mutual trust and multifaceted co-operation. In view of strategic interests, the two sides agreed to strengthen and deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries that contributes to peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region and the world.