Indian Vice President and Chairman of the Senate Jagdeep Dhankhar receives Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Thang in New Delhi (Photo: VOV)

The delegation paid a courtesy call to India’s Vice President and Chairman of the Senate Jagdeep Dhankhar and worked with General Secretary of the ruling BJP Tarun Chughand General Secretary of the Communist Party of India Doraisamy Raja.

They laid flowers at the Ho Chi Minh Monument and visited the Vietnamese Embassy.

During the meetings, the two sides discussed global and regional issues of mutual concern, major orientations to deepen the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, defense and security cooperation, and a number of other matters.