The agreement was reached by Tran Thanh Man, chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly and Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, during a meeting on the sidelines of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 6.

Man said he was pleased to meet Matvienko again and respectfully conveyed greetings from senior Vietnamese Party and State leader to President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, and Matvienko personnaly.

Matvienko warmly welcomed the meeting and congratulated Man on his impressive speech at the High-Level Plenary Session of the IPU-150 Assembly. She reaffirmed that Russia always considers Vietnam a comprehensive strategic partner and a trusted partner in Southeast Asia.

Both Man and Matvienko highly appreciated the positive development of the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries based on the Vietnam–Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They noted that the close coordination and effective cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly, the Federation Council, and the State Duma of Russia have made important contributions to this relationship.

As the two countries are celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, both leaders agreed to further promote delegation exchanges, and effectively utilize cooperation mechanisms. They also committed to enhancing legislative cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, contributing to deepening political trust and resolving difficulties in cooperation across areas such as defence and security, energy, and education and training, in line with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, serving the shared interests of both countries.

Highlighting parliamentary cooperation as a highly important channel, they recognized the active exchange of delegations between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Russian Federal Assembly, as well as the close and effective cooperation between the Friendship Parliamentary Groups of both countries. They held that in the coming time, parliamentary cooperation would continue to make positive contributions to implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and its Action Programme, as well as promoting cooperation in areas such as economics, trade, education and training, tourism, and people-to-people exchange.

Man proposed that Russia continue to facilitate favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, work and study in Russia.

The top Vietnamese legislator cordially invited Matvienko to visit Vietnam at a convenient time, while the latter also invited the former to visit Russia soon.

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