Indian Vice President ends Vietnam visit
(VOV) - Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and his wife left Hanoi on January 17, wrapping up a four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.
During the visit, Vice President Ansari held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Thi Doan, and met with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
He also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and attended a ceremony reviewing the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012.
At the meetings, Vietnamese Party and State highlighted the Indian Vice President’s visit as a contribution to the constant development of the time-honoured friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries over the years. They thanked India for its valuable support for Vietnam, affirming that Vietnam always attaches importance to the strategic partnership with India as well as its role and positive contributions to peace and cooperation in the region and the world.
Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the success of the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012 and the fine traditional friendship and effective cooperation between the two nations over the past 40 years since their strategic partnership was established in 2007.
They showed their resolve to improve the strategic partnership in a more substantial and effective manner and agreed to further strengthen political relations.
During his stay, Ansari visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, laid wreaths at the Heroic Martyrs’ Memorial in Hanoi and visited a number of localities and cultural and historical relic sites.