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NA Chairwoman arrives in Kazan, begining Russia visit

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Kazan city, the Republic of Tatarstan, on December 8 afternoon, beginning her official visit to Russia at the invitation of at Chairwoman of the Federation Council V. Matviyenko and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia V. Volodin.
NA Chairwoman arrives in Kazan, begining Russia visit ảnh 1National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is welcomed at Kazan airport, Kazan city, the Republic of Tatarstan. (Photo: VNA)

Kazan (VNA) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrivedin Kazan city, the Republic of Tatarstan, on December 8 afternoon, beginning herofficial visit to Russia at the invitation of Chairwoman of the FederationCouncil V. Matviyenko and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia V. Volodin.

The NA Chairwoman was welcomed at Kazan airport by Chairman of the StateCouncil of Tatarstan Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin, Deputy Chairperson ofthe State Council of Tatarstan Tatyana Larionova, among others. VietnameseAmbassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh and representatives of the Vietnamesecommunity in Tatarstan were also present at the airport to welcome ChairwomanNgan.

Vietnam and Russia set up diplomatic ties in 1950. The two countriesestablished the strategic partnership in 2001 and upgraded it to the level ofcomprehensive strategic partnership in 2012.

The Vietnam-Russia trade mounted to 4.5 billion USD in 2018, a 28.5-percent increasefrom a year earlier. The bilateral trade reached 3.4 billion USD in the firstnine months of this year. Vietnam mainly exported phones, clothing,agricultural products and seafood to Russia while importing oil and petroleum,steel, fertiliser and machinery.

As of February 2019, Vietnam had been home to 127 FDI projects run by Russia,worth more than 950 million USD, mostly in mining, oil and gas, manufacturingand processing.

Vietnam had invested nearly 3 billion USD in more than 20 projects in Russia,such as joint venture Rusvietpetro and TH Group’s hi-tech dairy farmingproject.

The countries haveenjoyed sound relations between the two parliaments. The two sides havemaintained the exchange of high-level delegations, creating strong a motive forthe development of the two legislatures’ collaboration, and contributing to strengthening theVietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership./.
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