Vietnam and India see advantages and potential for bilateral cooperation in developing manufacturing industries such as mechanics, electricity, electronics, digital technology, and energy, experts said at a trade connectivity conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 18.
President welcomed Indian corporations to invest in Vietnam in strategic sectors as oil and gas, infrastructure, seaports, and emerging fields like digital transformation, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, clean energy, and energy transition.
Vietnam congratulates India on the success of the 18th Lok Sabha (lower house) election, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on June 6.
Statistics from Việt Nam Customs show that pangasius export turnover in the first five months of this year is estimated at US$725 million, up 2 per cent over the same period last year.
Phu Quoc, an island off Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam, hopes to reopen a direct air route to India in order to boost tourism growth, Huynh Quang Hung, chairman of the Phu Quoc City People’s Committee told a reception for Madan Mohan Sethi, Consul General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, on Wednesday.
On May 16, Vietnam Airlines coordinating with the Vietnamese Embassy in India and its partners inaugurated a Vietnamese tourism information centre in India.
Vietnam kept its export growth momentum in the Indian market in 2023 after two-way trade hit a record high of 15 billion USD in 2022, Vietnamese trade counsellor in India Bui Trung Thuong told the Vietnam News Agency.