Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong sent a congratulatory message on June 12 to President of the Russia Federation V. Putin on the occasion of Russia Day (June 12).
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 discussed measures to enhance the two countries’ cooperation during talks in Moscow on May 22.
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.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has always treasured and wants to expand its relationship with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), stated a Russian official.
As strategic partners, Vietnam and Russia have maintained fruitful political dialogues and effective cooperation in different spheres, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview to the press ahead of his official trip to Vietnam from February 24-45.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh highlighted developments in the two countries’ relations last year at a meeting with representatives of Russian and Vietnamese media agencies in Moscow on January 30.
The Vietnamese and Russian ministries of defence held their fourth defence strategy dialogue in Moscow on December 3, affirming that defence cooperation remains a pillar in the two countries’ relations.
The Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre held its 29th session in Moscow on December 4 to assess the centre’s operation in the past year.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his two-day official visit to Vietnam on November 19 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
A ceremony was held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Moscow, Russia on November 13 to present the Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to several staffers at the Federal Protective Service (FSO) of Russia for their contributions to Vietnam’s information security sector.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 29 to reward winners of the third international painting competition entitled “I draw Vietnam – I draw Russia”.
Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army on September 18 hosted a reception for a delegation of veterans from Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast led by Major General Iuri Dmitrievich Sudakov.
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Government are striving to bring the Vietnam-Russia trade to 10 billion USD in 2020, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee Nguyen Van Binh said on September 14.
About 40 universities of Vietnam and Russia signed 23 framework documents on cooperation in training and scientific research in Moscow, Russia, on September 7, in the framework of the official visit by Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong.
It is Vietnam’s consistent policy to take Russia as one of the most important and reliable partners of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi city on September 6.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation laid flowers at President Ho Chi Minh’s statue in Moscow on September 6 as part of their ongoing visit to Russia.
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