Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 5-7, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 30.

The visit will be made at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

This year, Vietnam and Russia are celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.

Two-way trade topped 3 billion USD for the first time in 2014 and is expected to hit 10 billion USD by 2020.-VNA