Statue of Indian literary celebrity Tagore inaugurated in Bac Ninh
Monday, 16/10/2023 16:32 (GMT+7)
A delegation of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs led by Minister S. Jaishankar on October 15 visited Bac Ninh province and attended a ceremony to inaugurate a statue of the famous Indian poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore in the province.
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| Delegates at the inauguration ceremony (Photo: VNA) |
The statue of Tagore is a gift from the Indian Government to Vietnam.
Speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of the Bac Ninh Party Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan highlighted the traditional friendship of Vietnam and India that come from the cultural and religious exchanges more than 2,000 years ago and was fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
He said that there are currently 4 Indian projects investing in production and business in industrial parks in Bac Ninh, with a total investment of nearly USD 36 million.
Mr. Tuan stressed that the statue of the great Indian poet is the first placed at the International Friendship Park of Bac Ninh, which the province builds to honour the cooperation and friendship between the province and foreign countries.
He expressed his belief that the Minister's visit to Vietnam would further promote friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries in general and Bac Ninh province and Indian partners in particular.
Minister S. Jaishankar thanked the government and people of Bac Ninh for holding the ceremony to inaugurate the statue of Tagore. He said he was surprised by Vietnamese people’s admiration for the Indian poet whose works are widely known in Vietnam and even introduced in Vietnam’s school textbook.
On this occasion, the Indian minister and Bac Ninh leaders planted trees at the park and visited Phat Tich Pagoda in Tien Du district./.
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