Nguyen Loc Ha (L), permanent vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, and Nityanand Rai (R), Minister of State for Home Affairs of India, exchange a memorandum of understanding to establish friendship and cooperation ties between Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai, India, May 6, 2026. Photo: VOV
The signing took place on Wednesday during Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s state visit to India from Tuesday to Thursday at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The document was exchanged by Nguyen Loc Ha, permanent vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, and Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India, in the presence of Party chief and President To Lam, PM Narendra Modi, and senior leaders from both countries, including Tran Luu Quang, Politburo member and secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
The agreement comes as Vietnam and India have elevated their ties to an enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership.
Leaders said the new city-to-city cooperation would strengthen cultural exchange, tourism, and people-to-people connections.
Under the memorandum, Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai will promote cooperation in key areas such as trade and investment, education and training, culture and tourism, urban planning, infrastructure, waste management, ecological conservation, emergency response, green growth, and digital transformation in transportation and public services.
Mumbai is the first Indian city to establish such relations with Ho Chi Minh City.
With this agreement, Ho Chi Minh City now has friendship and cooperation ties with 88 foreign localities.
Nguyen Loc Ha (L, 3rd), permanent vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, attends a business roundtable with Indian enterprises in Mumbai, India, May 7, 2026. Photo: VOV
During the visit, Ha also attended a business roundtable organized by the World Trade Center Mumbai, where Indian companies expressed strong interest in Vietnam’s market.
Discussions focused on heritage tourism, renewable energy, green ammonia production, waste-to-energy solutions, logistics, seaports, finance, education, film, biotechnology, and healthcare.
Ha affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City is ready to support Indian investors and called for practical cooperation to turn opportunities into concrete projects, boosting ties between the two cities and strengthening Vietnam-India relations overall.
A high-level delegation from Ho Chi Minh and Indian enterprises attend a business roundtable in Mumbai, India, May 7, 2026. Photo: VOV
He also met with the Indian Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi to discuss tourism, energy and trade cooperation, and held working sessions with ACME Group on a proposed green ammonia project in Vietnam worth an estimated US$9-10 billion.
Additional meetings were held with GPS Renewables and SatyaGiri Group on waste-to-energy, biogas and renewable energy solutions.
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