Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 1 met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tianjin, part of his trip to China to attend the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and engage in other activities there.

VOV.VN - Residents in Hanoi greet military contingents from China, Russia, Laos, and Cambodia during the full-dress rehearsal for Vietnam’s 80th National Day parade on August 30.

VOV.VN -The Vietnam National Authority of Tourism will host a tourism promotion and business networking programme in Russia from August 26 to September 3 as part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s 2025 Tourism Development Stimulus Programme.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam – Russia Intergovernmental Committee for economic – trade and scientific – technical cooperation, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Russian sub-committee, talked over the phone on August 22.

VOV.VN - Eifman Ballet, a renowned contemporary ballet company from St. Petersburg, Russia, will make its Vietnam debut as part of the Eifman Ballet World Tour, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience the contemporary ballet masterpiece Anna Karenina in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Despite having acquired Russian citizenship, the Vietnamese community of nearly 2,000 people in Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia), continues to place strong emphasis on preserving its cultural identity and staying connected to its homeland through Vietnamese language classes.

The “Vietnam – Colours from the Tropics” Cultural Festival in Moscow, Russia, has wrapped up after drawing 968,000 local residents and visitors, surpassing expectations and surprising organisers with the vibrant interest it sparked in the Russian capital.

The Vietnamese communities in areas affected by the recent earthquake with tsunami warnings in eastern Russia are currently safe, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang stated at a regular press briefing on July 31.

VOV.VN - An exhibition of Vietnamese lacquer paintings titled The Beauty Beyond the Spotlight: Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings was inaugurated at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, on July 30.

A Vietnam Culture Day has been held recently in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia), part of activities celebrating the 75th anniversary of Vietnam–Russia diplomatic relations.