President Quang due to visit Russia in June
VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang will pay a State visit to Russia in June at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.
Quang told Russian Minister of Economic Development Maksim Oreshkin about the trip at a May 21 reception in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese State leader said Vietnam appreciates its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia and urged the two sides to offer more favorable conditions for trade and expressed his pleasure in inviting President Putin to Vietnam to attend APEC 2017 in Danang in November.
He also asked Russia to support Vietnamese investment and joint projects in Russia, especially in the fields of oil and gas, agriculture and light industry, and adopt incentive policies for Vietnamese industrial zones in Moscow.
Vietnam and Russia aim to raise two-way trade from US$2.7 billion last year to US$10 billion by 2020.