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The reasons why Vietnam trust India because when we were weak and was embargo by every democracy nations, saying we are a war monger for taking Cambodia . Which it's not the case. India was only nation in Asia supports Vietnam.Thank you, long live India-Vietnam friendship.
 

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India committed to capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces

9 Jul, 2014,

NEW DELHI: The Indian Government is committed to the capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces, asserted Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Preeti Saran. "We need to move to the next level of cooperation by providing assistance in developing the hardware of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and also the production capacity of the defence industry. Towards this the Indian Government has extended USD 100 million line of credit for defence procurement," said Saran, Ambassador of India to Vietnam while speaking during the Seminar on Potential for India Vietnam Cooperation in Defence Industry in Hanoi today. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vice Minister of Defence of Vietnam welcomed the Indian assistance and expressed his hope to further strengthen the Indo-Vietnam strategic relations. Gen Vu Chien Thang, Director General of External Relations Department was also present in the Seminar. Sanjay Garg, Joint Secretary, Defence Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Defence who was leading the official delegation made a presentation on the Indian Defence industry's capabilities and how these capabilities can be utilized to promote defence industrial cooperation between both the countries. Several presentations were made on company specific capabilities ranging from design engineering to defence electronics to shipbuilding.

India committed to capacity building of the Vietnamese Armed Forces - The Economic Times
 

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4 years and all India and Vietnam can do is issue statements and make presentations? -yawn-
 

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4 years and all India and Vietnam can do is issue statements and make presentations? -yawn-
What else can you expect from this relationship?
India has no money and domestic produced weapon to offer while Vietnam has no money and intention to receive.
Standing together can at least make them looking stronger and their crying voice louder.

We all know only USA can make this alliance work, but neither of them want to pay the price.
 

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Sushma Swaraj in Hanoi, India examining Vietnam's South China Sea oil blocks offer
HANOI: Vietnam on Monday made a strong pitch for greater Indian involvement in maintaining maritime safety, security and settlement of territorial disputes in the disputed South and East China Seas even as India is preparing to expand its oil and gas exploration in the seas claimed by China.

Vietnamese deputy prime minister and foreign minister Pham Binh Minh, addressing the Third Round Table on Asean-India Network of Thinktanks, said the cooperation between India and Asean "needs to be more effective and efficient as the security and development landscape is experiencing swift and complex conversions".

He noted that India-Asean's "future development and integration lie in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean" and that both sides should focus "more on maintaining maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and settling territorial disputes through peaceful means on the basis of international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982".

Pham Binh Minh had in the morning briefed visiting Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on the subject. He also briefed the visiting Indian heads of missions from the region who have gathered here for a meeting on the South China Sea developments, said sources.


Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and her team (left) holding a meeting with Vietnam's deputy PM and foreign minister Pham Binh Minh and his team in Hanoi, on August 25, 2014. (Reuters photo)

Relations between China and Vietnam have been tense since the past few months after Beijing installed a $1 billion oil rig in May in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, which is claimed by Hanoi. Both sides were locked in a bitter stand-off for a few months, and though China has withdrawn the oil rig, the tensions continue to simmer.

Sushma Swaraj, who called on Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Vice-President Nguyan Tha Doan and held bilateral talks with her counterpart, did not touch on the subject during her address. She said that geographical connectivity with the Asean should be boosted through land, sea and air.

Significantly, Sushma Swaraj's visit is to lay the groundwork for the state visit by President Pranab Mukherjee in mid-September, days before the India visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Ignoring China's opposition, Vietnam has offered India five additional oil and gas blocks in the South China Sea for exploration.

India is "looking at the feasibility" of exploring the five oil and gas blocks, which were offered last year to OVL, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, said an official source here. These five are in addition to the two blocks offered earlier to India, the source added.

During the visit to India last year by Vietnamese Communist Party's general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Hanoi had invited India to hunt for oil and gas in the disputed South China Sea. India had also made Hanoi the offer of $100 million line of credit for the purchase of four offshore patrol vessels.

Chinese coast guard ships give chase to Vietnamese coast guard vessels after they came within 10 nautical miles of the Haiyang Shiyou 981, known in Vietnam as HD-981, oil rig in the South China Sea, on July 15, 2014. (Reuters photo)

The visit of President Mukherjee is likely to see some agreements between the two nations in the field of defence, the source added.

With India and Vietnam strategic partners, talks in defence is an important area of their cooperation. Both sides are reviewing their defence relations "in terms of improving the human resource development" constituent that would work out in terms of training.

On the issue of the South China Sea, India stands for peaceful and negotiated settlement to the issue based on international law, like the UNCLOS. India's stand has been appreciated by Vietnam, the official added.

India's viewpoint is that it is not a party to the dispute in the South China Sea and feels that the dispute should be resolved between those who are parties to this in a peaceful manner, and in accordance with international law. India also has interest in ensuring that there is free right of navigation and access to natural resources in that region, the official added.

India and Vietnam, which already have ties in terms of extradition of prisoners and transfer of sentenced people, are also looking at cooperation in tackling cyber crime, the official added. Bilateral trade ties, which stand at $8 billion, are also sought to be boosted with more interactions between their businesspersons.

In the field of tourism, both countries would look at their Buddhism circuit.

Direct flights between India and Vietnam are set to take off from November with Jet Airways and Vietnam Airlines to fly directly from New Delhi and Mumbai to Hanoi with a stopover at Bangkok.

Both countries are also looking to cooperate in the field of education, especially in the primary classes.


Sushma Swaraj in Hanoi, India examining Vietnam’s South China Sea oil blocks offer - The Times of India
 

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Sushma Swaraj's Vietnam visit opens up new avenues of cooperation



NEW DELHI: India's look-east policy is gaining momentum under the BJP-led NDA government. After her visits toMyanmar, followed by Singapore and current one to Vietnam, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj is opening new vistas of cooperation with ASEAN members in strategic and economic spheres.

Vietnam has been India's key defence and strategic partner in the region, with whom relations have grown away from public glare. Swaraj's visit would prepare for PresidentPranab Mukherjee's visit to Vietnam from September 14-17, followed by their PM Nguyen Tan Dung's visit to India in October, official sources told ET.


It is not often that the Indian President visits one country and its PM comes calling in back to back months. This shows significance of growing strategic partnership amid regional tensions following China's claim in the South China Sea region, experts indicated. A major defence deal is in the offing, when Mukherjee visits Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, sources said. India has been a key defence hardware partner for Vietnam in naval equipment. As both countries have been using Russian military platform for decades, India and Vietnam complement each other on matters of training and spares. Vietnam is also seeking to import Brahmos missiles jointly manufactured by India and Russia.

Sources told ET from Hanoi that Sushma told PM Dung during her meeting on Monday that India appreciated Vietnam's security and national defence capabilities and expects to become its partner. Indian Navy ships recently made a port call in Vietnam on their way back from India-US-Japan trilateral exercise off the coast of Japan.

The meeting also focused on doubling or tripling trade between the two countries, conclude negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement and launch a direct air route in the near future. Indian firms also have an interest in investing in infrastructure and signing deals with Vietnamese producers of corn and rice, as well as pangasius farming enterprises.
Sushma Swaraj's Vietnam visit opens up new avenues of cooperation - Economic Times
@pmaitra make this thread sticky as well as Indo-Japan one. Both partnership gonna be the most important one in future
 
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Sushma set to 'Act East', not simply 'look'

sean think tanks and India today discussed ways to boost two-way trade and how Delhi could play a greater economic role in Southeast Asia, a region dominated by exports from China and Japan.

At a separate meeting of 15 Indian heads of mission in the region with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, many envoys said the 10 Asean countries wanted improved connectivity with India to facilitate trade and people-to-people contact.

The minister told the envoys that India needed to change its approach from "Look East" to "Act East".

India's engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is at the heart of its "Look East" policy. At the Asean-India Third Round Table of Think Tanks, secretary (east) Anil Wadhwa said the volume of two-way trade between Asean countries and India had steadily increased since the 2009 Free Trade Agreement in Goods.

The volume of India-Asean trade for 2013-14 was $74 billion, of which India's share of exports was $33 billion. Delhi hopes to increase the two-way trade volume to $100 billion by 2015 and to $200 billion by 2020.

The China-Asean trade volume stands at $400 billion while the Japan-Asean trade volume was over $150 billion in 2012.

India's connectivity with Asean countries has developed in recent years. At present, India is working with Myanmar and Thailand to put in place a road link from Moreh in Manipur to Mandalay in Myanmar. This road will be extended to Thailand.

Delhi has also proposed a transit transport agreement with Myanmar and Thailand. Experts from most Asean countries called for extending this corridor to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

India is holding a meeting with the Asean Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC), which has representatives from the 10 countries, to take stock of the projects under way. The next meeting of the ACCC will be held at Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw next month. Wadhwa stressed on setting up of special economic zones along with connectivity corridors.

India is working on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, which will connect Calcutta port with Sittwe port in Myanmar by sea, reducing the distance by over 1,300km. It will facilitate passage of goods currently transported through the narrow Siliguri corridor.

India also acknowledges the importance of the proposed Mecong-India Economic Corridor plan comprising land and sea infrastructure projects. Wadhwa said Delhi was keen on tourism and business links among Tier-II and Tier-III Indian cities and Asean destinations.

At the meeting of the heads of missions, many envoys told Sushma these countries wanted a greater Indian role in improving the security architecture in view of their territorial disputes with China.

Sushma set to ‘Act East’, not simply ‘look’
It appears that India is on a pro active mode towards SE and East Asian countries.

As it is, OVL (Overseas arm of ONGC) is mulling over exploration of 05 oil blocks offered to India for exploration.
 

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It appears that India is on a pro active mode towards SE and East Asian countries.

As it is, OVL (Overseas arm of ONGC) is mulling over exploration of 05 oil blocks offered to India for exploration.
First Myanmar then Vietnam and soon ASEAN meeting will be held so all good. Also i would like the Brahmo sell to Vietnam
 

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India, Vietnam Ink Seven Agreements

HANOI: India and Vietnam Monday signed seven agreements, including one on air services and another on scouting for oil. The seven agreements were signed in the presence of visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang. The air services agreement was between Jet Airways and Air Vietnam while OVL, the overseas arm of oil major ONGC, and Petro Vietnam inked an agreement on exploring two additional blocks off Vietnam. The other agreements were on agriculture cooperation, cooperation in animal health, customs cooperation, and one on youth affairs and skill development. India will also be extending a line of credit to Vietnam. President Pranab Mukherjee is on a four-day state visit to Vietnam that began Sunday.
India, Vietnam Ink Seven Agreements - The New Indian Express
 

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee appreciating the artists after witnessing Water Puppet Show, at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, at Hanoi, Vietnam on September 14, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee with the artists at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, at Hanoi, Vietnam on September 14, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee being welcome by the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang, at the Ceremonial Reception, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee being welcome by a girl child, at the Ceremonial Reception, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the Ceremonial Reception, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 15, 2014. The President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang is also seen.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee meeting the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang at delegation level talks, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 15, 2014.
 

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang witnessing the signing ceremony of agreements and MoUs between India and Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang planting a Bodhi sapling, at Presidential Palace, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee meeting the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee meeting the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang jointly inaugurating the Indian Studies Center, at Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics & Public Administration, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the inauguration of the Indian Studies Center, at Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics & Public Administration, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee laying wreath at the Monument of National Heroes & Martyrs, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.
 

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting the Ho Chi Minh Residence Complex, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan is also seen.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee fish feeding, at the Ho Chi Minh Residence Complex, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee meeting the Chairman, National Assembly of Vietnam, Nguyen Sinh Hung, at National Assembly, in Hanoi on September 15, 2014.


President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting Tran Quoc Pagoda, in Hanoi on September 16, 2014.



President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting the Temple of Literature, in Hanoi on September 16, 2014.


The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a group photograph with his official delegation members in-front of Bodhi Tree which was presented by the former President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad to President, Ho Chi Minhin, during his visit at Tran Quoc Pagoda, in Hanoi on September 16, 2014.
 

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