Russian President concludes State visit to Vietnam

While in Vietnam, President Putin held talks with President Truong Tan Sang and met with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The leaders highly valued the upgrade of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, adding that the political relations between Vietnam and Russian are strongly developing, with increasing trust.

They agreed to step up delegation exchanges and expand co-operation channels.

Both sides gave priority to energy co-operation, vowing to continue co-operating in mining, transport, civil aviation, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, communications and telecommunications.

They agreed to actively strengthen local co-operation in a practical and effective manner, and considered investment in a light industry zone in Russia's Far East.

As part of his visit, President Putin witnessed the signing of a range of important co-operation documents, including agreements on Vietnamese citizens studying in Russia, the transfer of sentenced prisoners, defence co-operation and several other economic deals.

The Russian President also attended a photo exhibition on the Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership and the opening ceremony of the 2013 Russian Culture Days in Hanoi.

(Source: Nhandannewspaperonline)