President Ho Chi Minh meets President Rajendra Prasad during a friendship visit to India, February 5, 1958. (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sign the Vietnam-India Joint Declaration, New Delhi, February 7, 1958. (Photo: VNA Archives)
Party General Secretary and President To Lam meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York during the top Vietnamese leader’s attendance at the 79th United Nations General Assembly and working visit to the United States, September 23, 2024 (local time). (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Narayana Murthy, co-founder of the Indian software company Infosys, May 20, 2024. (Photo: VNA)
The 3rd Regional Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard conducts joint exercises with the Indian Coast Guard on oil spill response, environmental pollution management, search and rescue, and firefighting at sea, April 2024. (Photo: VNA)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presides over the official welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's State visit to India, August 1, 2024. (Photo: VNA)
Welcoming ceremony for 120 crew members of the Indian Coast Guard vessel Samudrai Paheredar visiting Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
Opening ceremony of the Vietnam-India bilateral exercise on United Nations peacekeeping in 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Indian folk dance performance during "Indian Festival Days" in Ho Chi Minh City, March 13, 2014. (Photo: VNA)
During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in September 2016, the leaders of both countries agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. In the photo: Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong receives Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, September 3, 2016. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee witness the signing of the "Joint Declaration on the Comprehensive Cooperation Framework Between Vietnam and India Entering the 21st Century," in New Delhi, May 1, 2003. (Photo: VNA)
Strong and trustworthy Vietnam-India friendship
Over the past 53 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations (January 7, 1972 – January 7, 2025), the traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and India have been consistently strengthened and developed. Both nations share a commitment to mutual cooperation and support, fostering even greater ties for the benefit of both countries.
