Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 22 (Photo: VNA)Moscow (VNA)– Vietnam and Russia have a lot of potentials to accelerate their cooperationand should strive for a two-way trade value of 10 billion USD by 2020, saidPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and President Vladimir Putin during theirmeeting in Moscow on May 22.
President Putin said the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership hasa high level of trust and welcomed the official visit by PM Phuc in the contextthat the two countries are organising activities to mark 25 years of thesigning of the treaty on basic principles of the Vietnam-Russia friendship andthe 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
For his part, PM Phuc expressed his joys to re-visit Russia, asserting thatVietnam always treasures the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia aswell as the valuable support and assistance provided by Russian people forVietnamese people in the past and at the present.
The leaders highly spoke of trade cooperation in recent time, citing theeffective implementation of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and theEurasian Economic Union and showed their willingness to continue unblockingtrade barriers, especially to agricultural and seafood and aquatic products.
They asserted theimportance of energy and oil and gas cooperation, agreeing to continueencouraging and creating favourable conditions for the operation of the twocountries’ oil and gas companies in the respective countries, as well as theimplementation of the project on nuclear technology and science research centrein Vietnam, saying the field boasts promising cooperation.
Besides traditional cooperative fields, Vietnam and Russia have potential forcooperation in high technology and digital technology, they said.
President Putin affirmed that Russia is ready to assist Vietnam to build ane-government, including online public service portals, information securitycentres, and smart city models.
PM Phuc affirmed that Russia is a reliable partner of Vietnam in the fields ofdefence and military security and technology and agreed with President Putinthat the two countries continue working together multilaterally and bilaterallyin these fields so to meet the countries’ practical benefits and work forpeace, security and development in the region and the world.
The leaders discussed an array of regional and global issues of shared concern,agreeing to continue coordinating closely and supporting each other at multilateralforums.
President Putin affirmed that Russia supports the settlement of disputes at theEast Sea by peaceful measures in conformity with international law, includingthe 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the fullimplementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea(DOC) and the early compilation of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
On the occasion, PM Phuc conveyed the regards and invitation to visit Vietnamfrom Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong to PresidentPutin. President Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and said he willarrange to soon visit Vietnam.-VNA
President Putin said the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership hasa high level of trust and welcomed the official visit by PM Phuc in the contextthat the two countries are organising activities to mark 25 years of thesigning of the treaty on basic principles of the Vietnam-Russia friendship andthe 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
For his part, PM Phuc expressed his joys to re-visit Russia, asserting thatVietnam always treasures the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia aswell as the valuable support and assistance provided by Russian people forVietnamese people in the past and at the present.
The leaders highly spoke of trade cooperation in recent time, citing theeffective implementation of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and theEurasian Economic Union and showed their willingness to continue unblockingtrade barriers, especially to agricultural and seafood and aquatic products.
They asserted theimportance of energy and oil and gas cooperation, agreeing to continueencouraging and creating favourable conditions for the operation of the twocountries’ oil and gas companies in the respective countries, as well as theimplementation of the project on nuclear technology and science research centrein Vietnam, saying the field boasts promising cooperation.
Besides traditional cooperative fields, Vietnam and Russia have potential forcooperation in high technology and digital technology, they said.
President Putin affirmed that Russia is ready to assist Vietnam to build ane-government, including online public service portals, information securitycentres, and smart city models.
PM Phuc affirmed that Russia is a reliable partner of Vietnam in the fields ofdefence and military security and technology and agreed with President Putinthat the two countries continue working together multilaterally and bilaterallyin these fields so to meet the countries’ practical benefits and work forpeace, security and development in the region and the world.
The leaders discussed an array of regional and global issues of shared concern,agreeing to continue coordinating closely and supporting each other at multilateralforums.
President Putin affirmed that Russia supports the settlement of disputes at theEast Sea by peaceful measures in conformity with international law, includingthe 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the fullimplementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea(DOC) and the early compilation of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
On the occasion, PM Phuc conveyed the regards and invitation to visit Vietnamfrom Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong to PresidentPutin. President Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and said he willarrange to soon visit Vietnam.-VNA
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