A meeting between a Ha Noi delegation led by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Xuan Luu and Sergey Osipov, Head of the Saint Petersburg Government’s Representative Office in Moscow, recently took place at the office in the Russian capital.

Russia in general and Saint Petersburg in particular attach great importance to strengthening ties with Viet Nam, expressing his hope for more exchanges between high-level parliamentary delegations and broader cooperation with Vietnamese localities to further deepen the bilateral relations.

Nhan Dan Editor-in-Chief Le Quoc Minh had a working session with Evgeny Grigoriev, Chairman of the Saint Petersburg Committee for External Relations, on July 1 as part of his working visit to Russia.

With one hand holding her mobile phone in video recording mode and the other outstretched to prevent anyone from walking in front of her, Valentina Tereshkova was determined to capture every note of the flute performance by Tran Dinh Hung, a Vietnamese student studying in Saint Petersburg.

The annual Saint Petersburg International Book Fair is one of the country’s major cultural events. This year, the 21st edition took place from May 21 to 24, bringing together 260 publishing houses, hosting 280 events and featuring six major exhibition spaces, alongside Viet Nam Week in Saint Petersburg.

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) will continue promoting people-to-people diplomacy to help deepen the special friendship between Viet Nam and Russia through the effective implementation of high-level agreements, VFF Vice President and General Secretary Ha Thi Nga has said.

Russia boasts strengths in technology and experience in building important strategic infrastructure that Viet Nam is interested in, Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi emphasised, considering this as great potential for bilateral ties in the time ahead.

Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov has conferred the Badge of Honour — a prestigious award of the Saint Petersburg Government — to Nguyen Quoc Hung, Director of the Fund for Russia–Viet Nam Cooperation Development Promotion “Tradition and Friendship”, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the city’s international cooperation.

Politburo Member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) Do Van Chien, hosted a reception in Ha Noi on October 1 for the delegation of the Russian Federation attending the First Viet Nam–Russia People’s Forum.