India and Vietnam elevate ties, sign 18 agreements during President To Lam’s visit

The state visit of the President of Vietnam To Lam to India saw 18 outcomes comprising 13 Memorandums of Understanding MoUs and five announcements seeking to deepen bilateral tiesAs per the official statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs the announcements comprised the elevation of bilateral ties to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic PartnershipThe MEA statement further mentioned that an MoU on Mutual Cooperation between IREL India Ltd and the Institute for Technology of Radioactive and Rare Elements ITRRE of Vietnam was signed during the talks The MoU formalises the longstanding commitment on both sides to expand bilateral cooperation in the areas of rare earth elements among other newage technologies as per the MEA statement as per ANIIndia and Vietnam sign a cultural exchange programmeA cultural exchange programme between the Ministry of Culture India and the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism of Vietnam for 202630 was signed between both parties The specific activities and exchanges to be carried out under this agreement are agreed upon within the framework of a Cultural Exchange Programme CEP valid for a period of five years 20262030List of Outcomes 18 in total State Visit of General Secretary President Mr To Lam of Vietnam to India pictwittercom7JRjyIkXAjmdash Randhir Jaiswal MEAIndia May 6 2026MoU signed between RBI and State Bank of Vietnam SBVFurthermore an MoU between the Reserve Bank of India RBI and the State Bank of Vietnam SBV was signed on cooperation in the area of payment systems and innovation in digital payments The MoU aims to establish a framework for cooperation in the area of financial innovation and digital paymentsMoU signed between Vietnam and BMCAn MoU on the Establishment of Friendship and Cooperation between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC Mumbai and the Ho Chi Minh City Peoples Committee was signed As per ANI the agreement aims to establish a formal framework for enabling both megacities to share expertise in urban management and economic development as per the statementFurthermore an MoU between Nalanda University Rajgir and Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics HCMA Hanoi was also signed This MoU strengthens the longstanding initiatives of India to facilitate capacity building and training to VietnamVarious other MoUs signed between India and VietnamAn MoU between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam on cooperation in the field of digital technologies was signed This MoU deepens bilateral commitment to strengthen cooperation in digital technologies and the IT domainAn MOU between the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the State Audit Office of Vietnam in the field of public sector audit was signed This MoU renews the 2010 MoU between the two audit institutions of India and Vietnam and makes it more flexible and dynamicAn MoU between Ministry of Tourism of India and Ministry of Sports Culture and Tourism of Vietnam on cooperation in the field of tourism was signed This MoU promotes peopletopeople linkages between the two countriesThe MoU between ICCR and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on the establishment of the ICCR Chair of Indian Studies aims to establish an ICCR Chair at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities as per the statementThe MoU between Gyan Bharatam Ministry of Culture amp University of Social Sciences and Humanities Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City USSH VNUHCM on digitisation of Cham manuscripts establishes institutional linkages between NMM Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and USSH VNUHCM for survey documentation conservation digitisation and online dissemination of Cham manuscripts of Indian origin currently preserved in VietnamWith inputs from ANI