Beyond Borders: Unraveling The Strategic And Cultural Ties Between India And Vietnam.

Abstract

India and Vietnam, relation is characterized by similar national crusade against foreign power for liberation, share traditionally tight and generous bilateral cooperation. Mahatma Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh, obeyed as the Father of Nation in India and Vietnam respectively. India was the Chairman of the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC), which was created in pursuant to the Geneva Accord of 1954 to promote the peace operation in Vietnam. India initially followed Consultative-level ties with Vietnam the then North and South Vietnams and later solidified full diplomatic ties with united Vietnam on 1972. Relations between the two nations were improved to the level of ‘Strategic Partnership’ in July 2007. In 2016, during visit of PM Modi’s to Vietnam, bilateral relations were heightened to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”. The improvement of Vietnam–India relations is not simply the outcome of India’s Look/Act East Policy. It also result of Vietnam’s high preference of the Indian factor in its foreign policy since the advancement of multilateralism by Southeast Asian country in their international relations and Vietnam‘s promotion of cultural diplomacy strategy and India‘s pushing of its soft power strategy in recent years. The article is an endeavor to comprehend the history and phases of the bilateral ties, and the magnitude of India in Vietnam’s relation by examining its connections with India in realms of strategic and cultural.