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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and a Vietnamese high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on May 20 morning for official visits to Russia, Norway and Sweden.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Russia from May 20-23 demonstrates that Vietnam treasures the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, and wishes to strengthen the all-round cooperation, especially in economy, trade and investment.

Authorities of Russia’s Saint-Petersburg city, which set up the relationship with Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, have joined hands with Vietnamese associations to organise a range of activities to celebrate the Vietnam-Russia and Russia-Vietnam Year in 2019 and 2020.

The brilliant Vietnam-Russia relations is a vivid illustration for a time-honoured friendship which has been unceasingly developed for years, an expert from Russian Academy of Sciences said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay official visits to Russia from May 20-23, Norway from May 24-26, and Sweden from May 26-28.

A historical document exhibition themed “Destination – Vietnam” kicked off at the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI) in Moscow on May 15 as part of activities to celebrate the Vietnam-Russia and Russia-Vietnam year.

An exhibition of antiques representing the different civilisations of Vietnam will be held at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg from May 17 to September 22.

Party General Secretary and President of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on May 6 offered sympathies to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the heavy losses from the incident involving an Aeroflot plane at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow.

The 2019 Vietnamese Students' Sport Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1, drawing more than 1,000 athletes who are Vietnamese students learning in Russia.

The Vietnam War Veterans’ Association in Russia on held a ceremony in Moscow on April 30 night to mark the 44th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and national reunification.

The Consulate Generals of Vietnam in Russia recently held celebrations of the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification (April 30, 1975).

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang had meetings with senior military officers of Russia and the Philippines on the sidelines of the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS-8) on April 24.

Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence Cardozo M. Luna declared on April 24 that a new navy cooperation pact between the Philippines and Russia, which is currently under development by a working group, may be signed in July.

A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam is attending the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security that opened in the Russian capital on April 24.