He made the affirmation at a talk with his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue in Moscow on December 10, which was held in the framework of an official visit by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
The two Deputy PMs shared the assessment that bilateral economic, trade and investment ties have recorded positive development in the recent past and new investment projects launched.
In the context of multiple fluctuations in the world, the two sides agreed to coordinate to remove non-tariff barriers for each other’s goods, especially for agricultural and fishery products, with a view to optimizing their potential and advantages created by the Vietnam-EAEU free trade agreement.
Deputy PM Hue stressed that Vietnam attaches importance to the partnership with Russia in oil and gas and energy, which are important pillars of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.
The two sides agreed to work to remove obstacles that are hindering their joint projects in Vietnam, and expanding the scale of joint projects in energy and oil and gas while improving the operational efficiency of joint ventures Vietsovpetro and Rusvietpetro.
They pledged to facilitate the participation of oil and gas enterprises of both countries in new schemes in oil and gas exploration and exploitation, and gas-fuelled electricity generation.
The same day, Deputy PM Hue received executives of Gazprom, Zarunezhneft and Power Machines.
