President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay State visits to India from March 2-4 and Bangladesh from March 4-6.

President Tran Dai Quang

The visits will be made at the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Bangladeshi President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.

Vietnam and India set up their diplomatic ties on January 7, 1972. In 2007, the Vietnam-India relationship was lifted to strategic partnership level, with a focus on politics-diplomacy, national defence-security, economy-trade, energy, science-technology and culture-education. 

Following Vietnam’s visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2016, both sides upgraded their strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership to meet demand in the new situation.

Meanwhile, Vietnam and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations on February 17, 1973. Since then, the friendship and cooperation between the two nations have been enhanced in various fields, especially economy and trade.

Indian press highlights President Tran Dai Quang’s upcoming visit to India

The Times of India has run an article on the upcoming visit to India by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, saying it marks “the completion of 45 years of establishment of diplomatic ties” between the two countries.

The visit by the Vietnamese President will come only a month after the visit to India by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc who was here to attend the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit and Republic Day parade along with other ASEAN leaders, the paper said.

The article underlined the significance of Quang's visit, saying it shows the importance of the bilateral ties.

President Tran Dai Quang will pay a State visit to India from March 2-4.

Vietnam and India established diplomatic ties on January 7 in 1972.

VNA