Viet Nam, India strive for new strategic goals

The Vietnamese Government chief made the point while delivering a policy speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) with Indian politicians, professors, researchers, scholars, and students in New Delhi on August 1.

He voiced his impression of the great achievements of the Ganges civilization and the remarkable development of India today.

PM Pham said that India continues to be a powerful source of inspiration for countries, including Viet Nam, on their development path.

The rapid and complex fluctuations in today's global situation are reflected in four major aspects.

Firstly, the uncertainty and instability of the global security environment stay at the high level, with increasing complexity in local conflicts and the trend towards enhanced militarization.

Secondly, the global economy has entered a new development cycle but still faces many risks.

Thirdly, multilateralism continues to play a crucial role, yet its effectiveness is seriously challenged.

Fourthly, the 21st century is the one of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, which, however, also faces significant risks and challenges from hot spots, local conflicts, and competition among powers.

He said that the above-mentioned global issues require a comprehensive mindset, requiring all countries and multilateral institutions to persist in dialogue and cooperation more than ever in the spirit of solidarity and unity in diversity to seek effective, inclusive, and global solutions.

“The solidarity, cooperation, and friendship between Viet Nam and India must be continuously strengthened and developed, becoming a positive factor contributing to the peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world,” he said.

From a poor and backward country devastated by war, Viet Nam is now a developing country with middle income, one of the 35 economies with the largest GDP size in the world, one of the top 20 countries in terms of trade and among the 46 leading countries in innovation index.

The country's per capita income was US$4,300 in 2023, rising nearly 60 times from the level at the beginning of Doi Moi process.

According to the Prime Minister, during the State visit, he and his Indian counterpart Modi have adopted a joint statement on strengthening the Viet Nam-India comprehensive strategic partnership in the direction of the "Five Mores", including higher political-strategic confidence, deeper national defense-security cooperation, more substantive and effective economic, trade, and investment ties; broader joint work in sci-tech and innovation, and closer cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

The Prime Minister was convinced that in the bright prospects of the Viet Nam-India relationship, contributing to peace, cooperation and sustainable development in the Indian Ocean - Asia-Pacific region, and globally./.