VOV.VN - Russia has moved to significantly increase their imports of mango, guava, and mangosteen from Vietnam, with the import proportion of these local fruits in January making up 6.1% of their total import volume, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

With its high food sales and position as a major transshipment hub that supplies goods to ASEAN countries and China, Vietnam offers attractive prospects for Russian exporters, said Vice Chairwoman of the Russia - Vietnam Friendship Association (RVFA) Regina Budarina at a workshop held in Moscow on April 23.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Russian Ministry of Agriculture held the second meeting of the countries’ agricultural working group and an agricultural business forum via videoconference on April 22.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported on April 21 afternoon.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 15 received Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vnukov who came to bid his farewell at the end of his tenure in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Morgulov has presented Russia’s Order of Friendship to Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh in recognition of his contributions to promoting the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 5 sent a message of congratulation to Nguyen Xuan Phuc on his election as State President of Vietnam at the ongoing National Assembly session in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Party and State of Vietnam attach great importance to the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.

Along with the external activities of the Party and State, the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Parliamentarian Group during the 2016-2021 tenure has contributed to the sound relations between the two nations, heard a conference to review the group’s tenure held in Hanoi on April 1.

Hanoi’s Department of External Affairs and the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg held an online meeting on March 31 to discuss ways to enhance their cooperation.