Politburo member and Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc, who is also Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Organisation, held a working session with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on September 9 to discuss new directions for bilateral cooperation in science and education.

Viet Nam and Russia have issued a joint statement on further strengthening the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the new period on the occasion of the state visit to Russia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam from September 7 to 9.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, Moscow, on September 9 following an official welcome ceremony for him held with full state honours.

The state visit to Russia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, marks a new milestone in bilateral relations, opening up a new period of more substantive and deeper cooperation under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership following the CPV’s 14th National Congress.

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.

The Friendship Order, the highest distinction granted by the Vietnamese State to foreigners, has been bestowed upon Anatoli Dmitrievich Artamonov, Chair of the Federation Council Committee on the Budget and Financial Markets and former Governor of Kaluga Oblast.