The Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam were launched at a ceremony in Moscow on May 22 night, with the Prime Ministers of the two countries attending.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on May 22, noting that they agreed to continue diversifying cooperative relations, especially in economy, trade and new spheres.