The ongoing state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam and the expected signing of a new agreement on higher education cooperation between the two countries are expected to create a strong impetus to step up bilateral educational cooperation, said an official from the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

VOV.VN - The Russian press has simultaneously reported on Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam over recent days.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave a reception in Hanoi on June 19 to visiting Director General of Russia's Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation A.E.Likhachev, during which the former suggested Russia continue supporting Vietnam in training human resources in nuclear science.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko have agreed that both nations need to carry out practical activities and projects to promote cultural values, education, people-to-people exchange, and locality-to-locality cooperation.

Asso. Prof. Maxim Syunnerberg from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Lomonosov Moscow State University has offered insights into the upcoming Vietnam visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, highlighting the long-standing and positive relationship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - A conference held recently in Moscow to discuss the Vietnam-Russia relations 30 years after the signing of the bilateral Treaty on Principles of Friendly Relations, with the participation of Vietnamese and Russian experts.

VOV.VN - During his 5th visit to Vietnam on June 19 and 20, President Vladimir Putin and a high-ranking delegation of Russia are set to have talks and a host of meetings with Vietnamese senior leaders and some other activities, as part of efforts to further strengthen both countries' relations.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hopes that Russian state-owned oil and gas company Zarubezhneft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group PVN will devise practical proposals to further enhance the scope of ties in the fields of oil, gas, and energy at a reception for Kudryashov Sergei Ivanovich, general director of Russian Zarubezhneft Company, in Hanoi on June 19.

VOV.VN - Trust is the most important and valuable thing in the relationship between Vietnam and Russia, according to former Deputy Minister of National Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Huy Hieu, an academician of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.

Vietnam and Russia can be proud of the achievements of their relations over the past two decades with comprehensive, deep, and extensive development of bilateral partnership, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi.