NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems set to give India’s ties with South-East Asia a boost in September, with plans to visit Vietnam against the backdrop of an international tribunal ruling against China’s claims over disputed islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

Though there has been no formal announcement of the prime minister’s visit to Vietnam, Indian officials said it could happen after his visit to Hangzhou, China, for the Group of 20 meeting on September 4-5 and the India-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Laos on September 6-7.

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