Bro no need to say such thing. Trade and investment with China have started from zero, haven't they? now reached a considerable level but far below what should be. As for weapons how many pieces of weapons have we received from our Chinese brothers and sisters. Correct. Zero.
Thank. I always try to ignore Indian comments as much as possible.
Author of the Forbes article is not Indian. Like I said if you got something to specific to say about the actual content and points raised, I am all ears.
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As for your trade figures, I suggest you update a bit on them:
https://comtrade.un.org/data/
2015:
Vietnam - Cambodia trade = 3.4 billion USD
Vietnam - Laos trade = 1 billion USD
Vietnam - India trade = 5 billion USD
2016:
Vietnam - India trade = 9 billion USD
Vietnam - Cambodia trade = 1.6 billion USD
Vietnam - Laos trade = 0.9 billion USD
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As for investment, its only going to really increase from India once we are double the economic size we are now. Our equity on economic basis needs much more careful management compared to massively surplus countries. But there is much cooperation we can offer in many other fronts in the time being. Trade and investment are definitely important to a relationship, but there is much more to it than that.
Where did you find that Vietnam - India trade = 9 billions in 2016, while there are articles on Vietnam media saying that trade is going to reach $7.4 billions in 2017.
http://laodong.com.vn/thi-truong/th...du-kien-dat-74-ti-usd-vao-cuoi-nam-671937.bld
And Vietnam - Cambodia trade in 2016 reached $3 billions, not 1.6 billions
https://www.baomoi.com/viet-nam-campuchia-phan-dau-kim-ngach-thuong-mai-dat-5-ty-usd/c/21774693.epi
That made all your remaining data and your argument baseless, as usual as any argument with an Indian.
Early this year, Indian bragged about India GDP surpassed the UK based on some vague data source. I said congratulation to them, but added that wait and see until there is concrete evidence. It turned out that India had not surpassed UK at all.
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