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Hanoi (VNA) – Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma has granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a national hero of India who led India in the struggle for national independence. He has talked about the similarities in the ideologies of Gandhi and Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh, the achievements and prospects of the India-Vietnam relationship, and his priorities during his working term in Vietnam. The following is the full text of the interview. 1: Mahatma Gandhi and President Ho Chi Minh have similar ideology in staying along with their colonized people against enemies. From this ideology, how have generations of leaders of Vietnam and India built and strengthened the relation between two countries? What can we do to spread out this beautiful ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and President Ho Chi Minh? Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of truth, non-violence, and human dignity and freedom, inspired the … [Read more...] about VN-India ties play increasingly important role in region, world

Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma at the interview (Photo: VNA) He has talked about the similarities in the ideologies of Gandhi and Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh, the achievements and prospects of the India-Vietnam relationship, and his priorities during his working term in Vietnam. The following is the full text of the interview. 1: Mahatma Gandhi and President Ho Chi Minh have similar ideology in staying along with their colonized people against enemies. From this ideology, how have generations of leaders of Vietnam and India built and strengthened the relation between two countries? What can we do to spread out this beautiful ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and President Ho Chi Minh? Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of truth, non-violence, and human dignity and freedom, inspired the anti-colonial movement in many countries in Asia and Africa, including the freedom struggle in Vietnam led by President Ho Chi Minh.  Both Mahatma Gandhi and President Ho Chi … [Read more...] about Vietnam-India ties to play increasingly important role in region, world: Ambassador

JOINT STATEMENT On the State visit to Viet Nam by H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind,(Ha Noi, 20 November 2018) 1. At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and his Spouse, paid a State visit to Viet Nam from 18 - 20 November 2018. The President of India was accompanied by a high-level official delegation, including Minister of State Shri Anantkumar Hegde, Members of Parliament, and a large business delegation. 2. The official welcoming ceremony for the President of India Ram Nath Kovind was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace, Ha Noi, on 20 November 2018. President Nguyen Phu Trong held delegation level talks and hosted a State Banquet in honor of the President of India. President Ram Nath Kovind also met Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and addressed the National Assembly of Viet Nam. President Ram Nath Kovind paid … [Read more...] about Full Joint Statement between VN-India

Giant cranes made in Viet Nam are shipped to India. Korean Doosan Heavy Industries has successfully manufactured and exported 12 cranes to India from 2017-19. — Photo courtesy Doosan Vina Viet Nam News QUANG NGAI —  Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) has shipped three Rail Mounted Quayside Cranes (RMQC) to India as part of a contract to supply 12 of them to Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Private Limited. These plug-to-play RMQCs, which were designed, fabricated, assembled and exported by Vietnamese and Korean workers and engineers, are designed to handle cargo containers of up to 65 tonnes at BMCT Port of India. To date, Doosan Vina has produced a total of 83 RMQC cranes and RTGC cranes for both domestic and international seaports including Singapore, India and Indonesia. It’s also an achievement for Viet Nam and Doosan Vina because these are the largest to have been produced in Viet Nam and are also some of the largest cranes made … [Read more...] about Viet Nam exports giant cranes to India

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade of India said in a notification "Import policy of agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning ...is revised from free to restricted". The decision has made an impact on Vietnam which accounts for 90 percent of India’s agarbatti imports. In the past, each month an agarbatti workshop can sell about 100 tonnes of incense sticks, earning nearly 90,000 USD. However, since early September, many units have faced difficulties in exporting their products. Some of them even considered close-down. Quang Phu Cau commune in Hanoi’s Ung Hoa district has five hamlets with 3,300 agarbatti production units, which mainly export their products to India. The recent move to curb import of agarbatti products from Vietnam has made impacts on the trade village. Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade said India’s restriction on its import of agarbatti from Vietnam because Vietnamese products are much cheaper than … [Read more...] about India’s import restriction hits Vietnamese agarbatti makers