VOV.VN - A seminar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Russia (January 30, 1950 - 2025) took place in Saint Petersburg on January 22.

VOV.VN - Dien Bien, a province in north-west Vietnam, and Russia’s second largest city of Saint Petersburg have signed an agreement on trade-economic, science-technology cooperation and socio-cultural exchanges between the two sides.

The Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg city on January 23 organised an annual conference in celebration of the 74th anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations (January 30, 1950-2024).

There remains ample room and potential for Ho Chi Minh City and Saint Petersburg City of Russia to increase trade turnover and expand investment cooperation in digital transformation, manufacturing and processing industry, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and education, heard a business forum in HCM City on December 5.

VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, held a working session on December 4 alongside a delegation of Saint Petersburg led by Grigoriev Evgeny Dmitrievich, chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the Russian city.

A music gala took place in Saint Petersburg on June 28 in celebration of the 100 years since Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh first set foot in Petrograd, now Saint Petersburg city, of Russia.

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.

The Committee for External Relations of Russia’s Saint Petersburg city chaired a teleconference on January 24 on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - Russia’s Saint-Petersburg and the “Polisan” Science & Technology Company based in the city have presented a batch of Cytoflavin, an anti-viral drug against COVID-19, to the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence to help it combat the virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi has expressed his sympathy for the hardships and obstacles Vietnamese journalists are facing when working in one of the COVID-19 hardest hit nations.