Vietnam and India pledged to deepen their cooperation in defence, security, trade, investment, science and technology, climate change response, maritime cooperation, and maritime security.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on July 30 evening for a State visit to India from July 30 – August 1 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India’s Institute of Social Sciences inaugurated its Centre for Vietnam Studies on May 15 in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on January 24, as part of his visit to attend the ASEAN – India Summit in India.

More than 1,500 people in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho took part in the third International Yoga Day on June 17.