Prospects for Vietnam - India Cooperation in The Context Of "Free and Open Indo- Pacific" Strategy

Despite geographic distance, Vietnam and India are culturally close, economically complementary and are "natural allies" in terms of security. The traditional friendship built and cultivated by President Ho Chi Minh and Mahatma Gandi has become a valuable asset that people of the two nations will remember and continue to promote. The "Indo-Pacific: Free and open" strategy once implemented will serve as a new opportunity for bilateral relations to grow in both depth and breath. This paper first examines the foundations of cooperation and then puts forward some recommendation for improving the effectiveness of cooperation between Vietnam and India, mainly in the fields of politics, economics, and security.