Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, along with other leaders of the party, in Moscow on March 23 evening (local time) as part of his official visit to Russia.

First Vice Chairman of the Russian State Duma and Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) Ivan Melnikov has expressed his delight at the stable development of the Russia-Vietnam relations , and pledged to continue to work for stronger partnership between the two parliaments as well as between the CPRF and the Communist Party of Vietnam.