Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a brief stop in Vietnam on September 3 en route to the 2016 G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China.
The visit will mark the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Vietnam in the last 15 years and will celebrate 25 years of bilateral diplomatic ties and 10 years of strategic partnership between these two nations.
Talks are expected to focus on greater defence cooperation between the nations, bilateral trade, science and technology, and the impact of China’s rising assertiveness, particularly in the South China Sea.