India–Vietnam Relations since September 2016

Abstract

Fifteen years after the official visit to Vietnam of the former Indian Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an official visit to Vietnam on 2–3 September 2016. The visit to Vietnam of Prime Minister Modi has upgraded bilateral relations between Vietnam and India from ‘strategic partnership’ to ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’, marking a new development in the relationship between the two countries. According to the Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Vikas Swarup, Prime Minister Modi’s visit has set a ‘new benchmark for India-Vietnam ties which will take the relationship to a whole new level’ (Sarma 2016). Development in political relations has resulted in similar developments in economic, defence and other fields of cooperation between the two sides. This article looks at the new developments in India–Vietnam relations after the visit of the Prime Minister Modi to Vietnam.

Keywords

India–Vietnam economic cooperation Comprehensive Strategic Partnership bilateral relations foreign policy

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Dân Trí . 2016. ‘Toàn vaăn Tuyên bố chung Việt Nam - Â̓n Ðộ’ [Joint Statement between Vietnam and India], http://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/toan-van-tuyen-bo-chung-viet-nam-an-do-20160903201752868.html (accessed on 14 September 2016).

Das

Shaheli.

2016. ‘Modi’s Visit to Vietnam: What’s on the Agenda?’ The Diplomat, 30 August, http://thediplomat.com/2016/08/modis-visit-to-vietnam-whats-on-the-agenda/ (accessed on 5 October 2016).

Godbole

Avinash

. 2017. ‘Quan hệ quốc phòng Ấn Ðộ - Việt Nam: Lịch su, và triê^,n vọng’ [India–Vietnam Defense Relation: History and Prospects], Ky^, yếu hội tha^,o khoa học quốc tế “Việt Nam - Ấn Ðộ: 45 năm quan hệ ngoại giao và 10 năm đối tác chiến lu^,ọ^,c”. Hanoi: Ho Chi Minh National Political Publishing House, p. 388.

Anh

Hai

. 2017. Việt Nam - Ấn Ðộ: Thu^,o^,ng mại song phu^,o^,ng tăng ca^, chất và lu^,ọ^,ng [Vietnam–India: Bilateral Trade Increases in Both Quality and Quantity], Thò^,i báo tài chính Việt Nam [Vietnam Finance News], 23 March, http://thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn/pages/kinh-doanh/2016-09-01/viet-nam-an-do-thuong-mai-song-phuong-tang-ca-chat-va-luong-35199.aspx (accessed on 23 March 2017).

Van Cuong

, Former Director, Institute for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defense, in an interview with the author on 1 December 2016.

Ngo Xuan Binh, Director-General of the Institute for Indian & Southwest Asian Studies, in an interview by the author on 30 October 2016.

Nguyen Tan Dung. 2016. ‘Thu^, tu^,ó^,ng Ấn Ðộ chu^,a đi Hà Nội, Bắc Kinh đã đe doạ’ [Indian Prime Minister Has Not Visited Hanoi, Yet Beijing Has Already Threatened], http://nguyentandung.org/thu-tuong-an-do-chua-di-ha-noi-bac-kinh-da-de-doa.html (accessed on 5 October 2016).

Panda

Rajaram

. 2017. ‘Ấn Ðộ và Việt Nam: Liên kết, hô͂ trọ^, lâ͂n nhau vì nhu~^,ng lọ^,n ích chung’ [India and Vietnam: Mutual Linkages and Support for Common Interests], International Scientific Conference Proceedings: Vietnam–India: 45 Years of Diplomatic Relations and 10 Years of Strategic Partnership. Hanoi: Ho Chi Minh National Political Publishing House, pp. 47–48.

Pmindia . 2016. ‘Press Statement by Prime Minister during His Visit to Vietnam’, http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/press-statement-by-prime-minister-during-his-visit-to-vietnam/(accessed on 15 September 2016).

10.

Ravi

Neelakantan

. 2017. ‘Quan hệ Ấn Ðộ - Việt Nam: Tù^, co^, so, đến kiến trúc thu^,ọ^,ng t‘âng’ [India–Vietnam Relations: From the Base to the Superstructure], International Scientific Conference Proceedings ‘Vietnam–India: 45 Years of Diplomatic Relations & 10 Years of Strategic Partnership’. Hanoi: Political Theory Publishing House, pp. 21–33.

11.

Thanh Niên . 2016. ‘Giá trị tù, chuyến thăm cua Thu tu^,ó^,ng Ấn Ðộ đến Việt Nam’ [Values from the Visit to Vietnam of the Indian Prime Minister], http://thanhnien.vn/the-gioi/gia-tri-tu-chuyen-tham-cua-thu-tuong-an-do-den-viet-nam-740710.html (accessed on 15 September 2016).

12.

The Economic Times . 2016. ‘PM Narendra Modi’s Vietnam Visit Aimed at Pilling Pressure on China’, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-narendra-modis-vietnam-visit-aimed-at-piling-pressure-on-china-media/articleshow/54006057.cms (accessed on 1 October 2016).

13.

The Hindu . 2016. ‘China to Closely Watch Modi’s Vietnam Stop’, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/beijing-watchful-as-narendra-modi-heads-to-vietnam/article8964717.ece (accessed on 1 October 2016).

14.

Thu Phuong. 2017. ‘Khai mạc ngày văn hoá Phật giáo Ấn Ðộ tại Việt Nam l‘ân thú^, 2 năm 2017’ [Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Indian Buddhist Days Festival in Vietnam 2017], The News, http://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/khai-mac-ngay-van-hoa-phat-giao-an-do-tai-viet-nam-lan-thu-hai-nam-2017-20170316210124081.htm (accessed on 29 March 2017).

15.

Vietnam News Agency. 2017. ‘India Greatly Values Its Relations with Vietnam’, 5 February, http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/172094/india-greatly-values-relations-with-vietnam.html (accessed on 23 March 2017).