VOV.VN - Vietnam supports and will continue to facilitate the expansion of oil and gas cooperation with Russia, particularly through the joint ventures Vietsovpetro and Rusvietpetro, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Sergei Kudryashov, General Director of Russia’s oil and gas company Zarubezhneft.

VOV.VN - A roundtable on prospects for trade cooperation between Vietnam and Russia's Far East region was held by the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostosk on June 15.

Russian media have positively evaluated Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son’s official visit to Russia from September 25 to 28, the first trip to Russia since he took office in April.

VOV.VN - Both Russia and Vietnam are in the process of discussing an extension of the operations for joint venture Vietsovpetro until 2045, with the intergovernmental agreement providing the basis for the joint venture's future activities in terms of oil and gas exploitation.