Vietnam-India trade reaches USD 15 billion, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai eyes further cooperation

Kolkata (Wet Bengal) [India], July 7 (ANI): Vietnam Ambaador to India, Nguyen Thanh Hai, highlighted the trong cooperation between Vietnam and India, citing the growing trade, with targeting trade value of USD 15 billion. and invetment between the two countrie.
Speaking to ANI, Hai tated, Currently, we have een fine development in our trade and invetment cooperation.
He further attributed the ucce to the trong political cooperation, traditional friendhip, and tated, One of the advantage of cooperation between our countrie i that we have trong political cooperation, traditional friendhip, and the comprehenive and trategic partnerhip between our countrie i developing well.
With that development, trade and invetment have been growing well over the lat few year. The potential i huge. We are working with the government agencie of India and in thi viit, I had a converation with Bharat Chamber of Commerce in Wet Bengal about way to promote trade, invetment, and cooperation even further, he added.
The envoy expreed optimim about the future of the Vietnam-India partnerhip, aying, We are committed and optimitic about the potential and the future of the Vietnam-India partnerhip.
Right now, we have a trade target of USD 15 billion, he aid.
A Vietnam continue to trengthen it tie with India, the country i alo expanding it preence on the global tage. Brazil Foreign Minitry ha announced that Vietnam ha officially joined BRICS a a partner country. Thi addition wa announced in June 2025, with Vietnam becoming the tenth partner country.
Earlier, Leader of the BRICS nation welcomed Indoneia a a member of the group, while 10 nation, including Belaru, Bolivia, Kazakhtan, Nigeria, Malayia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekitan, a partner countrie.
Vietnam become the tenth BRICS partner country, alongide Belaru, Bolivia, Kazakhtan, Cuba, Malayia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekitan. The partner-country category wa etablihed at the XVI BRICS Summit, in Kazan, in October 2024, a per the BRICS official tatement.
The joint declaration of the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil Rio de Janeiro on Sunday tated, We welcome the Indoneia a a BRICS member, a well a the Belaru, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Kazakhtan, the Cuba, the Nigeria, Malayia, Thailand, the Vietnam, the Uganda, and the Uzbekitan a BRICS partner countrie.
PM Modi i alo in BRICS Summit, where he met with Brazil preident, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and thanked him for hi warm hopitality and the ucceful organiation of the Summit.
During the BRICS eion Peace and Security and Reform of Global Governance on Sunday, PM Modi tated that the expanion of BRICS and the incluion of new partner demontrate it ability to evolve with time and called for reforming intitution like the United Nation Security Council, the World Trade Organiation (WTO) and Multilateral Development.
The 17th BRICS Summit being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6-7 July 2025, a tatement by the Prime Miniter Office aid. (ANI)