President Putin to visit Viet Nam this week

The visit will be made at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Viet Nam and Russia established diplomatic relations in 1950 and elevated the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2012.

On June 16, Vietnamese and Russian leaders have exchanged congratulatory letters to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Principles of Friendly Relations between the two nations.

In the letter, leaders of both nations underlined the historic significance of the treaty, which heralded a new era of multifaceted cooperation between Viet Nam and Russia and laid the groundwork for elevating the bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Over the past three decades, generations of leaders and citizens from both countries have tirelessly nurtured their steadfast friendship, bolstered and expanded bilateral cooperation across various fields for the benefit of the people of both nations and for global and regional peace, cooperation and development.

They expressed confidence that the anniversary will usher in a new phase of development characterized by increasing trust, and even more substantive and effective cooperation between the two countries./.