The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, will visit India from November 19-22, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
During his four-day visit, he will hold talks with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar, on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. Also expected to be on the agenda are discussions on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. He will also meet the leaders of the Indian National Congress Party, the National People’s Party, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Following his high level meetings in New Delhi, he will proceed to Mumbai, to address a business forum.
Vietnam and India established diplomatic ties in 1972, and have been strategic partners since 2007.