NSA Ajit Doval with Vietnam's National Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang

Strong Defence Ties, Yet Limited Trade: The India–Vietnam Economic Puzzle

One highlight is VinFast, Vietnam's electric vehicle producer, announcing an investment commitment of US$500 million for a manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu in south India. The company has also engaged its Indian supply chain with more than 300 local suppliers, aligning with the host country’s domestic industrialization agenda.

Sri Lanka’s Indirect Taxes are Among the Highest in the World: Negatively Impacting Middle Class

Sri Lanka is already seeing signs of higher inflation together with expected slowdown in overall GDP growth during next two years. But the worst impact is going to be gradual shrinking of the middle class and increase in poverty.

Building ASEAN–India Integration Through Digitalization: A Bridge to Strengthen Economic Relations with Southeast Asia

ASEAN–India integration through digitalization is therefore not merely a technical choice. It is a strategy to strengthen competitiveness, expand economic self-reliance, and build a stronger position within the Indo-Pacific economic order.

India's Poverty Reduction: But Is It Translating into Shared Economic Prosperity?

India has demonstrated that economic growth, social transfers and improved access to essential services can substantially reduce extreme deprivation. But the next stage will be considerably more demanding. It requires a different pattern of growth: one that creates productive jobs, raises real wages, increases women's economic independence and distributes the gains from growth more widely

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Chinese Communist Party seeks closer ties with Pakistan’s political parties for development of CPEC

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CREA analysis reveals major flaws in environmental paperwork of China-backed coal power project

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China never ‘invaded’ others, ‘greatly helped’ to preserve our ‘independence’, says Sri Lankan PM

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Sri Lanka president inaugurates hospital received as full grant from Chinese government

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India asks China to renew visas of students, professionals inoculated with China-made vaccines

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Chinese national wanted by ATS caught while crossing into India from Bangladesh

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China’s about-turn throws Bangladesh railway projects into jeopardy

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Pakistan Army chief discusses Afghanistan, CPEC with Chinese envoy

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Pakistan hopes to secure Chinese fund next fiscal for crucial railway project

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor now in phase two

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