Viet Nam and Russia are expanding cooperation in trade, industry, and energy following a recent working session between Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang and Dmitry Nikolaevich Makhonin, Governor of Perm Krai, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said on March 24.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received UAE Ambassador to Viet Nam Bader Abdullah Almatrooshi in Ha Noi on March 17 to advance the implementation of outcomes from his recent phone talks with the UAE President, including enhanced cooperation in ensuring energy security.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son is leading a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to the Russian Energy Week 2025 Forum, which opened on October 15 in Moscow under the theme “Building the Energy of the Future Together.”