Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov flew to Hanoi on July 5 for a two-day visit to Vietnam to mark the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Vietnam on July 5-6. The visit was made at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam. Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Russia maintained a positive growth momentum with two-way trade in 2020 reaching nearly US$4.85 billion. In 2021, the bilateral trade figure rose to US$7.1 billion, an increase of more than 25% year-on-year. In an interview granted to Russia’s Independence newspaper, Grigory Lokshin, a leading researcher at the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted Vietnam is important for Russia as a support for stable ties between the whole Russia and … [Read more...] about Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Hanoi for two-day visit
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Vietnamese studies expert highlights Vietnam’s role in Russia – Southeast Asia ties
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov , who is scheduled to visit Vietnam on July 5-6 (Photo: AFP/VNA) Moscow (VNA) - Grigory Lokshin , an expert from the Centre for Vietnam and ASEAN Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Far Eastern Studies, has highlighted Vietnam's important role in stable ties between between Russia and the Far East in particular and Southeast Asia. Lokshin made the comment on July 5 while being interviewed by Russia’s Independent newspaper at the outset of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Vietnam. According to the Russian expert, the cooperation in the field of military technology and energy, particularly oil and gas development projects, plays an important role in the bilateral relationship and is always a key topic at working sessions between the two countries' politicians. The Independent newspaper said Lavrov's Asia tour shows that Russia is reorienting its political and diplomatic resources with … [Read more...] about Vietnamese studies expert highlights Vietnam’s role in Russia – Southeast Asia ties
