Vietnam and India sign 13 cooperation agreements

May 8th at 07:57

08-05-2026 07:57:48+07:00

As part of the state visit to India, on May 6, General Secretary and President To Lam and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the exchange of cooperation agreements between ministries, agencies, and institutions of the two countries.

In total, 13 cooperation documents were signed between Vietnamese and Indian ministries and organisations, covering areas including digital technology, pharmaceuticals, culture, tourism, finance, education, payment systems, and rare earths.

Vietnam and India sign 13 cooperation agreements across technology, finance and education

The agreements covered a wide range of sectors, including digital technology, pharmaceuticals, culture, tourism, finance, education, and rare earth cooperation. They included a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology and India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT on digital technology cooperation, as well as an MoU between the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation under India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on pharmaceutical product regulation cooperation.

The two sides also adopted the Vietnam-India Cultural Cooperation Programme for 2026-2030 and signed an MoU between Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and India’s Ministry of Tourism on tourism cooperation. Another agreement established friendship and cooperation relations between Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai.

In the field of governance and finance, agreements included an MoU between the State Audit Office of Vietnam and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on public auditing cooperation, and another between the State Bank of Vietnam and the Reserve Bank of India on payment systems and digital payment innovation.

Several agreements focused on education and academic exchange. These included an MoU between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Nalanda University, as well as agreements between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under Vietnam National University Hanoi, and the University of Danang, on establishing professorships in Indian Studies.

The two sides also signed a cooperation agreement on bilateral retail payment connectivity using QR codes between the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam and NPCI International Payments Limited, alongside an MoU between the Vietnam Institute of Rare Elements and IREL (India) Limited.

In addition, an MoU was signed between the Indian Knowledge Systems project under India’s Ministry of Culture and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City on cooperation under the Gyan Bharatam initiative

The signing ceremony reflected the growing breadth of cooperation between Vietnam and India, particularly in emerging areas such as digital transformation, payment connectivity, education, and high technology.