Vietnam and India signed nine memoranda of
understanding on cooperation in the application of biotechnology in
agriculture, nanotechnology and ICT research and India studies and Vietnam
studies during a visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan from March
26-30.
The
visit is the first by a high-level Vietnamese leader in the Vietnam-India
Friendship Year 2012 commemorating the 40 th anniversary of diplomatic ties and
five years of establishment of strategic partnership between the two nations.
During
the visit, Deputy PM Nhan had discussions with leaders of Indian ministries,
universities and institutes, including Minister of Human Resources Development,
and Communication and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science
and Technology Vilasrao Deshmukh and Minister of Defence Aracjaparambil Kurien
Antony.
He also
visited the Jawarharlal Nehru University , the University of Delhi and Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing in New Delhi , and the Indian Institute
of Management, the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Infosys Group in
Bangalore .
He
attended the Conference on Information Technology in New Delhi and met with
leaders of the Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Association.
At the
meetings, the two sides expressed satisfaction at the positive developments in
the bilateral ties in recent years and agreed to strengthen and further enhance
the traditional friendship and strategic partnership, particularly in the
fields of education-training and science-technology.
Deputy
PM Nhan affirmed Vietnam ’s support for India 's "Look East" Policy
and its bid to be a permanent member of the reformed UN Security Council.
In
politics, the two sides agreed to further strengthen exchanges and contacts at
all levels, intensify the existing cooperation mechanisms between the two
countries to better implement activities in the Vietnam - India Friendship Year
2012.
Both
sides agreed to establish a joint working group in the field of education and
training. India pledged to help Vietnam train researchers, university
instructors and officials with doctoral degrees in areas where India has
strengths.
They
also agreed to set up a Bangalore excellent training and research centre for
information and communication technology (ICT) in Vietnam .
Regarding
science and technology, both sides pledged to promote the implementation of the
four joint research projects in the fields of biotechnology, information and telecommunication
technology, nanotechnology and oceanography.
VNA
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