Viet Nam and India have issued Joint Statement on the occasion of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind's State visit to Viet Nam from November 18-20 at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Nguyen Phu Trong JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA On the State visit to Viet Nam by H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and Spouse (Ha Noi, 20 November 2018) 1. At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and his Spouse, paid a State visit to Viet Nam from 18 - 20 November 2018. The President of India was accompanied by a high-level official delegation, including Minister of State Shri Anantkumar Hegde, Members of Parliament, and a large business delegation. 2. The official welcoming ceremony for the President of India Ram Nath Kovind was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace, Ha Noi, on 20 … [Read more...] about Full Joint Statement between Vietnam-India
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Full Joint Statement between VN-India
JOINT STATEMENT On the State visit to Viet Nam by H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind,(Ha Noi, 20 November 2018) 1. At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Shri. Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and his Spouse, paid a State visit to Viet Nam from 18 - 20 November 2018. The President of India was accompanied by a high-level official delegation, including Minister of State Shri Anantkumar Hegde, Members of Parliament, and a large business delegation. 2. The official welcoming ceremony for the President of India Ram Nath Kovind was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace, Ha Noi, on 20 November 2018. President Nguyen Phu Trong held delegation level talks and hosted a State Banquet in honor of the President of India. President Ram Nath Kovind also met Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and addressed the National Assembly of Viet Nam. President Ram Nath Kovind paid … [Read more...] about Full Joint Statement between VN-India
Over 10,000 people to join UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Vietnam
At the press conference (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)The information was announced during a press conference on UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) on October 11th. According to the VBS, this is the third time the event is held in Vietnam. Earlier, the UN Day of Vesak was successfully organized in Hanoi in 2008 and in the northern province of Ninh Binh in 2014. With the theme ““Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership and Shared Responsibility for Sustainable Society”, the UN Day of Vesak 2019 will see the participation of 1,500 leaders of Buddhist organizations; professors, doctors, researchers and scholars of Buddhism, as well as Buddhist followers coming from some 90-100 countries and territories around the world, as well as 10,000 Vietnamese Buddhist followers and people. Before the official day, there will be the first preparatory meeting, involving over 100 domestic and international delegates from India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, … [Read more...] about Over 10,000 people to join UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Vietnam
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Belarus, Vietnam expect US$500 million bilateral trade Vietnam and Belarus will hold a Vietnam-Belarus Business Forum to boost trade exchange towards the US$500 two-way trade target in the future, has said Vladimir Andreichenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. On October 9, National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Vladimir Andreichenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on the sidelines of the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Antalya, Turkey. At the meeting, the Vietnamese NA leader assured Vietnam’s high regard for the development of traditional friendship and all-around cooperation with Belarus, noting that regular meetings between parliamentarians of Vietnam and Belarus indicate the sound and traditional friendship between the two nations as well as two legislatures. She also thanked Belarusian leaders for dispatching a … [Read more...] about Government News 10/10
Nukes and nationalism: Former Indian PM Vajpayee
He will be remembered for declaring India a nuclear-armed state while struggling to maintain his image as the moderate face of Hindu nationalism. A three-time premier, a poet and spellbinding orator, Vajpayee's life in politics spanned five decades but he only attained real power towards the twilight of his career. His ambition to be recognised as a statesman of international stature led him to put his political neck on the line in seeking peace with rival Pakistan. But he also brought India out of the nuclear closet with successful weapons tests in 1998 that radically upped the ante following tests deemed peaceful in 1974. Vajpayee had been in retirement since his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was defeated in 2004 elections by a resurgent Congress party. Long of ailing health, he was hospitalised in June and placed on life support in August. He died a few days later. A high-caste Brahmin, Vajpayee was born on Christmas Day in 1924 in the central state of Madhya … [Read more...] about Nukes and nationalism: Former Indian PM Vajpayee