Union Cabinet was today apprised of the joint issue of a postage stamp between Department of Posts and Vietnam Post. The two countries mutually agreed to jointly issue Postage Stamps on India-Vietnam: Joint Issue on the theme Ancient Architecture. The Commemorative Postage Stamps depicts Sanchi Stupa of India and Pho Minh Pagoda of Vietnam. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in this regard in December 2017.

The Cabinet was apprised of a MoU which was signed in March this year between the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Institute National de la Santeet de la Recherche Medicale, France. It aims at cooperation in areas of common interest within the medical, life sciences and health research fields.

The Cabinet has approved an Agreement between India and Peru which was signed in May at Lima, Peru. It aims at establishing the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit equality and reciprocity. The Agreement envisages establishing a Joint Committee to develop Work Plans in order to implement the Agreement.