New Delhi,
\nVietnam President Tran Dai Quang, who is on a three-day visit to India, was on Saturday accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this is how we welcome our esteemed guest! Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of President Shri Ram Nath Kovind and PM Narendra Modi,\u201d External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.<\/p>\n
President Quang landed in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, earlier on Friday before reaching New Delhi in the evening.<\/p>\n
Modi and Quang would hold a bilateral meeting later in the day following which a number of agreements are expected to be signed.<\/p>\n
The visiting dignitary will also attend a Vietnam-India Business Forum and the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Days in India 2018.<\/p>\n
Vietnam is an important partner in southeast Asia and is currently the country coordinator for India with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional bloc, a role that will be handed over to Thailand later this year.<\/p>\n
Apart from Asean, India and Vietnam closely cooperate in other regional forums such as the East Asia Summit, Mekong Ganga Cooperation, Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) besides the UN and WTO.<\/p>\n
India-Vietnam trade stood at $6.24 billion in fiscal 2016-17 and the two sides have agreed to raise this to $15 billion by 2020.<\/p>\n
Defence has emerged as an important pillar of the bilateral relationship and Indian ships regularly make friendly port calls to Vietnam.<\/p>\n
India is also an important development aid partner for Vietnam and has extended several lines of credit for capacity building in the southeast Asian nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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