Anil Wadhwa, Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Relations, looked back at the time-honoured cultural relations between India and Vietnam.
As Vietnam is a pillar in India’s Act East policy, India prioritises enhancing cultural engagement with the Southeast Asian country both bilaterally and in the framework of India’s ties with the ASEAN and the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, he added.
In his remarks, Vietnam Ambassador Ton Sinh Thanh described the significance of the event as saying culture is one of the pillars of the two nations' strategic partnership. The two countries enjoy many advantages to promote cultural relations as they share a lot of cultural similarities, he said, noting that cultural cooperation need to be further boosted as the good way to step up bilateral cooperation in other fields.
Cultural cooperation should pioneer to pave the way for cooperation in other fields, he stated, adding that Vietnam and India have many advantages to boost cultural relations as they share a lot of similarities of their rich cultures.
President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Vu Xuan Hong suggested the two nations promote collaboration in education and training to help their people have more opportunities to meet and learn about each nation’s culture.
President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Vu Xuan Hong said Vietnam would never forget the support Indian people gave Vietnam in its past struggle.
He also expressed admiration for the achievements India has made, affirming that the two peoples had done their utmost to support each other in the past and in current nation-building efforts.
The same day, the Vietnamese delegation participated in exchanges with a number of Indian socio-political organisations and educational institutions.
