India-Vietnam celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties in New Delhi
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and the Foreign Minister of Vietnam H.E. Mr. Bui Thanh Son launched the joint logo for the celebration of 50 years of India-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations
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New Delhi, June 18: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Vietnamese counterpart launched the joint logo to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
"On the sidelines of the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, on 17 June 2022, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and the Foreign Minister of Vietnam H.E. Mr. Bui Thanh Son launched the joint logo for the celebration of 50 years of India-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations," the Ministery of External Affairs said in a statement on Saturday.
The logo has been selected jointly by India & Vietnam through a contest open to the nationals of both countries. The image represents a long-standing friendship between India and Vietnam symbolically through a peacock and a crane - birds of national importance in the two countries respectively, as per ministry statement.
It includes the numeral 50 denoting the 50 years of diplomatic relations and national flags of India and Vietnam at its Centre.
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