At the reception, General Dung, who is also President of the Vietnam-India Friendship Parliamentary Group, welcomed Mr Ranjit Rae as India’s representative to Vietnam and expressed wish that the ambassador will make great contributions to promoting the Vietnam-India traditional friendship when taking up his new post as ambassador.

General Dung affirmed Vietnamese people in general and the Vietnam People’s Army in particular have always treasured the valuable support of the Indian people and army in the struggle for national liberation as well as in the cause of national construction and defense. He expressed his belief that the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two peoples and armies will continue developing for peace and stability in the region and the world.

Ambassador Ranjit Rae thanked General Dung for receiving him, adding that friendship relations between Vietnam and India which were established by late President Ho Chi Minh and Indian Prime Minister J.Nehru have been nurtured for a long time.

“It is my wish the armies of both nations continue strengthening strategic dialogues at the ministerial level”, he said.