VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 22 met with Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the United Russia Party (URP) and deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, who is in Hanoi for an official visit.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, affirmed Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his talks with Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the United Russia Party and deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, in Hanoi on May 22.

The Vietnam-Russia Traditions and Friendship Foundation and Herzen University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the operation of the Russian education centres opened by the university in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi highly valued the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg’s support for relations between the two countries while meeting with Vice Chairman of the Assembly Nikolai Bondarenko on May 17.

VOV.VN - China spent more than US$397 million buying one million tonnes of cassava in the first four months of the year, thereby becoming the largest importer of Vietnamese cassava, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The first four months witnessed tea exports reach 30,000 tonnes, worth US$50 million, marking a decline of 4.8% in volume and 5.8% in value compared to the same period from last year, according to details given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has hosted a seminar aimed at seeking ways to remove hurdles in economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Russia.

The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association on May 12 held a workshop on President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary activities in Russia and at K9 relic site in Hanoi's outlying district of Ba Vi.

Hung Yen always provides optimal conditions for overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Russia to invest in the northern province, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duy Hung said while meeting leaders of the Hung Yen Compatriots' Association in Russia recently.

The Embassies of Russia and Belarus in Vietnam together held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 4 to celebrate the 78th anniversary of Victory Day over Fascism in the Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945 – 2023).