PM Modi holds talks with Vietnamese PM

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held wide-ranging talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh, to further expand the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Chinh arrived in Delhi on Tuesday night on a three-day visit that is aimed at further expanding the comprehensive strategic ties between the two countries.

“PM @narendramodi extended a warm welcome to PM Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam at Hyderabad House,” External Affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on ‘X’.

“Substantive discussions to further energise the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on the agenda,” he said ahead of the talks.

The strategic ties between India and Vietnam have been on an upswing in the last few years.