Vietnam - India sign cooperation documents, including digital payment innovation

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On May 6, General Secretary and President To Lam and Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly witnessed the ceremony of handing over cooperation documents between ministries and sectors of Vietnam - India.

Cooperation documents include: Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India on cooperation in the field of digital technology.

Memorandum of understanding between the Drug Administration of Vietnam, Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Central Drug Standards Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India on cooperation in the field of pharmaceutical product management.

Vietnam - India Cultural Cooperation Program for the period 2026-2030.

Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Tourism of India on tourism cooperation.

Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of friendly and cooperative relations between Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of Mumbai City, Republic of India.

Memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the State Audit Office of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the General Audit and Supervisory Authority of the Republic of India on cooperation in the field of public auditing.

Memorandum of Understanding between the State Bank of Vietnam and the Reserve Bank of India on cooperation in the field of payment systems and digital payment innovation.

Memorandum of Understanding between Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (Vietnam) and Nalanda University (India).

Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Cultural Exchange Council and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi on establishing a Professor position in Indian Studies.

Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Cultural Exchange Council and Da Nang University on establishing a Professor position in Indian Studies.

Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on bilateral QR code retail payment connection between Vietnam and India through the connection between Vietnam National Payment Joint Stock Company and NPCI International Payment Limited Company, India.

Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnam Institute of Rare Radioactivity Technology and the Indian Rare Earth Limited Liability Company (IREL).

Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Knowledge Project, Ministry of Culture of India and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City on cooperation in a project under Indian Knowledge (Gyan Bharatam).

In recent years, Vietnam-India relations have developed stably and consistently, increasingly going deeper, especially the establishment of the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership since 2016 has created a qualitative shift.

Economic and trade cooperation has grown very positively, with bilateral trade turnover reaching about 15-16 billion USD/year in the recent period. India is currently in the top 10 largest trading partners of Vietnam. Bilateral investment continues to expand with nearly 500 projects, and there is still much room for the two countries to continue to have breakthrough cooperation steps.

In particular, Vietnam and India are strongly expanding cooperation into new fields such as science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, clean energy and satellite data. In addition, cultural exchange and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries are also developing strongly.

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