Vietnamese president to visit India
October 10th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hanoi, Oct 10 (IANS) Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang begins a four-day official visit to India Tuesday, a media report said Monday.
Truong Tan Sang will make the Oct 11-14 visit to India at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, reported Vietnam News Agency.
The visit is aimed at reaffirming Vietnam’s consistent policy to attach importance to the country’s strategic partnership with India, promoting all-sided bilateral cooperation, and strengthening their relations in regional and international forums, said the report.
Vietnam and India have planted a long-standing relationship, which has been boosted to the current strategic partnership with deep, practical and efficient comprehensive bilateral cooperation, reported Xinhua.
Vietnam-India two-way trade volume reached more than $2.7 billion in 2010 and nearly $1.8 billion in the first six months of 2011. The two sides agreed to increase it to $7 billion by 2015.
The two sides had signed many agreements to promote cooperation in culture, tourism, education and training and other fields.
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