VN treasures comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin, Ha Noi, December 24, 2018

At the reception, V.V. Volodin showed his delight at his first-ever visit to Viet Nam and extended greetings of President V. Putin and other Russian senior leaders to Party General Secretary and President Trong. 

Recalling the Vietnamese leader’s visit to Russia last September, he affirmed that the State Duma always supports enhancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. 

He also briefed his host on outcomes of his talks with NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, saying the establishment of the inter-parliamentary cooperation committee helps improve cooperative mechanism between the two legislatures and further augment bilateral ties in economics, trade, culture and education. 

Through the committee, the two sides will coordinate in supervising the implementation of major joint projects and agreements reached by their senior leaders, he said. 

The State Duma will actively engage in a string of activities marking the 25th anniversary of a treaty on basic principles for bilateral friendship in 2019 and the 70th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties in 2020, Volodin affirmed.

In turn, Mr. Trong said the Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach importance to consolidating and developing the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.

He highly valued V.V. Volodin’s official visit as well as cooperation between legislatures, States and people of the two countries. 

Lauding efforts of the Vietnamese National Assembly and the State Duma in signing an agreement on the establishment of an inter-parliamentary cooperation committee, the leader expressed his hope that the committee will work effectively, contributing to promoting the bilateral legislative ties and cooperation between two countries in diverse fields, particularly economics, trade and investment. 

                                                                                                                                                By Vien Nhu