Mitrofanova is paying a visit to Vietnam on theoccasion of the 15th founding anniversary of the Russian Centre of Science andCulture in Hanoi.
At the meeting, Vinh expressed his delight overthe positive development of the traditional friendship and comprehensivestrategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia, notably the official visit toRussia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central CommitteeNguyen Phu Trong in September.
The nations will organise the Vietnam Year inRussia and the Russia Year in Vietnam for 2019-2020 to mark both the 25thanniversary of the signing of a treaty on basic principles for the Vietnam-Russiafriendship and the 70 years of diplomatic ties, he noted.
The Deputy FM spoke highly of contributions ofthe Rossotrudnichestvo to promoting Russian culture, language, education, andscience in Vietnam, along with enhancing people-to-people exchange and the humanitariancooperation of both countries, bolstering mutual understanding and bilateralrelations.
He voiced his hope that the Russian agency willactively participate in the organisation of the Vietnam Year in Russia and theRussia Year in Vietnam, as well as provide support for collaboration ineducation-training, culture, and science between Vietnam and Russia, and thenations’ localities in particular.
On the occasion, he presented a certificate ofmerit signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to the Russian Centreof Science and Culture in Hanoi.
For her part, Mitrofanova pledged to bolster theactivities of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in the time to comewhich, she said, in turn will deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership ofthe two nations. –VNA