Vietnam and India are increasingly aligned in their regional and global priorities, as reflected in the significant rise in high-level exchanges and growing people-to-people interactions between the two countries, according to Professor Harsh V. Pant, Vice President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

Austrian press outlets including Austria Press Agency (APA), national public broadcaster ORF and Vienna.at on September 28 covered the visit by Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son which they said would contribute to promoting bilateral relations.