Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin is welcomed at the airport by Vice Chairman of the NA Nguyen Khac Dinh. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the StateDuma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav VictorovichVolodin arrived in Hanoi on October 15 afternoon, starting an officialvisit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue.
He was met at Noi Bai international airport by Vice Chairman ofthe NA Nguyen Khac Dinh, Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Affairs VuHai Ha and Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko.
The visit will contribute to further promoting legislativecooperation in particular, and consolidating political trust and strengtheningthe comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in general, ViceChairman of the National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for External Affairs NguyenManh Tien said.
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin arrives in Hanoi on October 15 afternoon. (Photo: VNA) During this visit, the Russian State DumaChairman and the Vietnamese NA Chairman will co-chair the second meetingof the inter-parliamentary cooperation committee of the twolegislative bodies, which was postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19pandemic./.