New Delhi, On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-nation tour to Vietnam and China.

During the visit PM, will first reach Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Friday night, where he will meet President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and hold wide-ranging talks with the top leadership to deepen ties in key areas of defence, security and trade, and oil exploration.

The Prime Minister will leave for Hangzhou, China, from Vietnam in the evening of September 3, to attend the G20 summit on September 4 and 5.

Secretary (West) Sujata Mehta said, “During the visit, India will take up issues like cross-border mobility of professionals, terror financing, tax evasion and reduction in remittance transaction cost among others”.

The Prime Minister will have bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the Summit.

The Prime Minister will also attend a BRICS leaders’ meet. He will return to India on September 5.

On September 7, Prime Minister Modi will leave for Laos PDR on a two-day visit to attend the annual India-ASEAN and East Asia summits.

The Prime Minister and ASEAN leaders will review ASEAN-India cooperation at the ASEAN-India Summit, and discuss its future direction in the areas of politico-security, economic and socio-cultural cooperation.

The leaders will also exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest and concern.