VOV.VN - Vietnam and Russia examined future cooperation orientations between the two countries during a phone call on March 26 between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha led a Government delegation to the Russian Embassy in Hanoi on March 25 to offer condolences following the deadly terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Moscow on March 22 evening.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on March 25 called at the Russian Embassy in Hanoi to pay tributes to and write in a funeral condolence book in commemoration of victims of the recent bloody terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

There has not been any information on casualties related to Vietnamese people in the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow on March 22 evening (local time), said Counselor Vu Son Viet, head of the Consular Department and deputy head of the Community Affairs Board of the Vietnam Embassy in Russia.

The Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (ICCA) under the Russian Academy of Sciences inaugurated a Vietnam library in Moscow on February 22.

A cultural, art and food exchange programme titled “Vietnamese Day” was held at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Russia on February 16.

The Vietnam Club at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) of Russia has organised a special course, attracting most of the students of the Vietnamese language from universities in Moscow to discuss about “Tet” (the Lunar New Year) festival.

VOV.VN - A trade fair displaying a range of high-quality products of the two countries opened the Vietnam Days in Russia, with the event being held at the Hanoi-Moscow multifunctional complex (Incentra) in Moscow on October 12.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Association in the country and the Moscow State Linguistics University, on September 7 held a Vietnamese language festival to honour and promote the learning of this language in Russia.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Vladimir Titov co-chaired the 12th Vietnam-Russia defense and security strategy dialogue in Moscow on August 29.