Modi meets Vietnam President on sidelines of UN Summit, adds momentum to ties [Video]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Vietnamese President To Lam on the sidelines of the UN’s Summit of the Future, saying the meeting will add momentum to the relations between the two countries.

After their meeting, PM Modi wrote on X: “We took stock of the full range of India-Vietnam friendship. We look forward to adding momentum in sectors such as connectivity, trade, culture, and more.”

The two nations are deepening their ties in many areas with a multi-pronged strategic partnership.

The background to the meeting is the visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Minh Chinh to India in July when a joint statement by him and PM Modi spoke of strengthening “the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in all areas”.

“The leaders agreed that the current geo-political realities call for closer cooperation between India and Vietnam,” the joint statement had read.

“They recognised convergence in their world view,” it said.

The Prime Ministers’ statement reiterated their commitment to the …