Minister of Public Security Gen. Luong Tam Quang hosted a reception in Ha Noi on September 16 for Nikolai Patrushev, Aide to the President of Russia and Chairman of the Maritime Board.

Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, held a working session in Hanoi on September 3 with Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party (URP) and First Vice Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly.