Vietnamese PM asks India to support, contribute to Asean's efforts in South China Sea


The 18th Asean-India Summit took place on Oct 28 via videoconference. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính participated in the 18th India-Asean Summit held via conference on Thursday (Oct 28), alongside other Asean leaders and Indian PM Narendra Modi.

At the summit, the two sides highly valued the Asean-India relationship, Asean's sixth largest trading partner and seventh largest investor into Asean with total capitals in 2020 nearly quadrupling 2018’s figure, hitting US$2.06 billion.

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