Vietnamese, Russian Deputy Prime Ministers hold online meeting

A view of the online meeting in Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp

HÀ NỘI – Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko on Tuesday co-chaired an online meeting to discuss measures to promote the two countries’ practical and effective cooperation in all fields within the framework of the Việt Nam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation.

Representatives from ministries and agencies that are members of the intergovernmental committee, businesses and localities of the two countries also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Deputy PM Hà said that Vietnamese ministries and agencies are actively implementing the results achieved within the framework of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Việt Nam from June 19 – 20 at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The two Deputy PMs reviewed the two countries’ cooperation and assessed the results that the two sides achieved when implementing the Minutes of the 24th meeting of the Việt Nam – Russia intergovernmental committee in April 2023. They agreed to make efforts to improve the effectiveness of the bilateral cooperation, on the basis of meeting the interests of each country and the comprehensive strategic partnership between Việt Nam and Russia.

The two Deputy PMs affirmed that they will direct their ministries and agencies to continue coordinating closely with each other to prepare for the 25th meeting of the intergovernmental committee which is slated to take place in 2024. – VNS