The announcement was made at a session between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and a Vietnamese delegation from the Communist Review (Tap chi Cong san) led by Editor-in-Chief Vu Van Phuc, which was on a working visit to India from September 5-12.

During the visit, the delegation worked with India’s Ministries of External Affairs and Culture, as well as some Indian press agencies. 

Past cultural exchanges were reviewed, particularly the projects in which the Indians sent experts to help Vietnam preserve the My Son relics in Quang Nam province and India’s cooperation in helping digitalize Vietnam’s National Library. The promotion of cultural exchanges between the two countries in the 2011-2013 period was also discussed.

The Vietnamese delegation also exchanged experiences with Indian press agencies on issues related to professional skills, organizational structure, advertising and publishing in Vietnam’s ongoing process of international integration.