Vietnam, Russia strengthen friendship exchange
(VOV) - The Parliamentarian Friendship Groups of Vietnam and Russia have agreed to increase cultural exchange to promote mutual understanding and friendship ties between the two countries.
They also agreed to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, national security and defence.
The agreement was reached during a working session in Hanoi on November 14 between the Vietnam-Russian Parliamentarian Friendship Group and its counterpart.
Friendship group delegates said that partnerships between specific cities and provinces have developed strongly following exchange visits and the signing of several cooperation agreements. Many localities have established such ties, including those between Hanoi and Moscow, and Ho Chi Minh City and Saint Petersburg.
The Chairman of the Russia-Vietnam Parliamentarian Friendship Group, Viktor S.Kosurov, said as the two countries are both members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and are transitional economies, they should increase exchanges and experience and experience sharing.
In response, the Chairman of the Vietnam-Russia Parliamentarian Friendship Group, Dao Trong Thi, expressed his wish for the two sides to exchange experience in legislation as well as in building legal frameworks for Vietnamese workers in Russia.
To further strengthen cooperation, the two friendship groups agreed to hold biannual meetings in future.