President wraps up Vietnam visit, flies home

Ho Chin Minh City: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday wrapped up his four-day state visit to Vietnam and flew back to India.
During the visit that took President Mukherjee to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, India and Vietnam called for a peaceful, unfettered South China Sea, and inked seven agreements including for direct Delhi-Hanoi flights and an extended line of credit for purchase of military equipment.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is set to visit India in October at the head of a large business delegation to explore further opportunities for economic cooperation.
A joint communique following the talks said President Mukherjee and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang agreed to strengthen and deepen bilateral cooperation on the basis of the strategic partnership. (IANS)