VOV.VN - The Indian Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City desires to set up additional programmes aimed at promoting tourist destinations in the Mekong Delta such as Can Tho city to the Indian people, said Madan Mohan Sethi, consul general of India in Ho Chi Minh City, on June 19.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Hai has recently had separate meetings with General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) D.Raja and Vijay Chauthaiwale, who is in charge of the Indian ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen in collaboration with the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, organised a tourism promotion programme on June 1 with the participation of many travel agencies from the province and Kerala state of India.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the south-central province of Ninh Thuan in collaboration with the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City organised a programme to mark the 10th International Day of Yoga on June 2.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island city, a famous tourist destination in the southern province of Kien Giang, is looking into the prospect of resuming direct flights to India with the aim of developing local island tourism.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 20 received Nagavara Ramaroa Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys – one of the biggest IT companies in India.

VOV.VN - Indian technology billionaire Narayana Murthy, founder of IT giant Infosys, held a dialogue with Vietnamese tech savvy developers at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi on May 20 as part of his Vietnam visit from May 19 to 23.

VOV.VN - Livemint.com, an Indian business and financial daily newspaper has run an article saying that the Indian travel market is buzzing and travel from India has seen a significant spike, with Vietnam emerging as a favoured international destination.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and its partners on May 16 inaugurated a Vietnamese tourism information centre in India.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Phi Long, secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee, hosted a reception on April 26 for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya, who is currently leading a delegation on a working trip to the northern province.