Hanoi, May 11 -- Ambassador to Viet Nam Tshering W. Sherpa made the assessment after the recent state visit of Vietnamese General Secretary and State President To Lam, to India.

The India-Viet Nam journey endures over time. Though diplomatic relations between India and Viet Nam were established in 1972, our friendship and close relations is based on the millennia-old civilizational linkages which are manifested in our shared Buddhist and Cham heritage. As nations with a history of struggle for independence from colonial rule that mutually inspired our national movements, the last eight decades have been a remarkable journey of togetherness, showing sensitivity to each other's concerns and supporting each other's aspirations and national ...