Itar-Tass also said that the visit is made at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and a high-level Russian-Vietnamese talk is scheduled to be held on July 9 at the Kremlin.

The Vietnamese Party leader will also meet other Russian leaders, said the news agency. 

Both parties expect to sign four cooperation agreements in the oil and gas sector which is a highlight in bilateral cooperation, said Itar-Tass, adding the Vietnamese-Russian joint venture “Vietsovpetro”, has emerged as one of the world’s leading oil companies. 

Both parties will also discuss the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan which is expected to begin in 2014 and be commissioned in 2020 as well as tourism. 

Itar-Tass said that bilateral trade relations are also rising with reciprocal trade earning US$1.7 billion in 2009 and expected to reach US$3 billion this year.

The construction of the Hanoi cultural and business centre in Moscow and the House of Moscow building in Hanoi will further strengthen Russia-Vietnam cooperative ties, it concluded.