New Delhi, April 30 -- Vietnam President To Lam will pay a state visit to India from 5-7 May at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

Lam - who is also the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam - will be accompanied by a high-level business as well as political delegation including ministers and senior officials of the Vietnam government.

This will be Lam's first state visit to India, after being elected as the President of Vietnam on 7 April.

As per the statement, Lam will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan on 6 May. PM Modi will hold wide-ranging discussions with President Lam across the sp...