Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi and his spouse present a gift to Russian Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA)In his welcoming remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador Dang MinhKhoi briefed his guests on Vietnam’s remarkable development in politics,economy, social affairs, national defence-security and internationalintegration during more than 35 years of “Doi Moi” (Renewal) period, notingthat the economy expanded 6.4% in the first half of this year.
He later highlighted the Vietnam-Russia ties, saying the twocountries have enjoyed a long-standing and good friendship, and Russia has stood side by side with Vietnam during the toughest time of its struggle forindependence and liberation. Political trust and the long-established friendshiplay a strong foundation enabling the bilateral relations to stand the test oftime, he said.
Vadim Bublikov from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairssaid Vietnam has achieved impressive economic growth, considerably improvingpeople’s living standard. Vietnam has gained a well-deserved reputation in theglobal stage and become an active player that helps address global and regionalissues, he added.
Previously, Ambassador Khoi had a meeting with RussianMinister of Sport Oleg Matytsin, during which both sides agreed to doubleefforts to beef up bilateral cooperation in sports and personnel training./.
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