President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, has requested the council’s members and agencies to promote their role in ensuring national defence and security, and actively cope with both short-term and long-term non-traditional security challenges.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of prioritising and developing special solidarity with Laos while receiving President of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane in Hanoi on December 6.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s recent trip to Switzerland and Russia was successful in many ways, said Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung in an interview granted to the press on December 3.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted receptions on December 2 for leaders of big Russian companies which have business ties in Vietnam, namely the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Gazprom, Novatek, Sistema and Miratorg.

VOV.VN - During the President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Russia visit from November 29 to December 2, the two countries issued a joint statement on the Vision of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Russia until 2030.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Moscow on December 2 evening (local time), concluding an official visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and leaders of several Vietnamese and Russian ministries on December 2 attended a ceremony announcing the first-ever direct services to Europe of Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet Air.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam always treasures and is grateful for the great help that the Russian people, including veterans and friends, have been giving to Vietnam in the struggle for national independence and unification in the past as well as in the construction and

VOV.VN - Russia attaches great importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and Chairman of the ruling United Russia Party, has affirmed his council’s readiness to support and ramp up co-operation between the two countries across multiple fields.