General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin. (Photo: VNA)Highly evaluating Volodin’s official visit to Vietnam, Trong saidhe believed that it will contribute to enhancing cooperation between the twolegislatures and the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.
Vietnam always treasures the whole-hearted support ofthe people of the Soviet Union in the past and now Russia to Vietnam during its past resistancewar and the present cause of national construction and defence, he said,stressing that Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional friendship andcomprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.
The Vietnamese leader also affirmed the importance the CPVattaches to promoting its relations with political parties in Russia.
In reply, Volodin conveyed regards from President V.Putin and other senior leaders of Russia to the Vietnamese Party chief, and emphasisedthat the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia always backs the enhancement of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.
Russia always considers Vietnam a priority, importantpartner in its foreign policy in Asia-Pacific, he continued.
Volodin briefed Trong on the outcomes of his talks with NationalAssembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the second meeting of the Inter-ParliamentaryCooperation Committee between the State Duma and the Vietnamese NA which took place earlier thesame day.
The State Duma will try its best to step upcooperation mechanisms between the two legislatures and accelerate theimplementation of agreements reached by high-ranking leaders of the twocountries, contributing to strengthening the bilateral cooperation in economy,trade, national defence, security, culture and education, he affirmed.
Later the same day, the Russian legislative leader leftHanoi, concluding his two-day official visit to the Southeast Asian nation./.
VNA
