Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in New Delhi on January 30 (local time), starting a State visit to India at the invitation of Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Government News has reported.

This is the first State visit to India by Mr. Chinh as the head of the Vietnamese government, and the first visit to India by a Vietnamese PM, since the two countries established their comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016.

During the visit, PM Chinh and Indian leaders are expected to outline directions for deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership across various fields, particularly trade-investment, renewable energy, processing, green economy, digital economy, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, logistics, automobile, science-technology, information-communication technology, education-training, culture-tourism, agriculture, and people-to-people exchange.

During the visit, lasting through August 1, PM Chinh is scheduled to hold talks with Indian PM Modi, meet Indian President Droupadi Murmu, Chairman of Indian Upper House Jagdeep Dhankhar

Two-way trade between Vietnam and India has increased 2.5 times since 2016, reaching nearly $15 billion in 2023.