Viet Nam, Russia exchange congratulatory letters on 30 years of friendly relations treaty

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President To Lam separately cabled letters to President Vladimir Putin, while Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh exchanged messages with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin.

In the letters, leaders of both nations underlined the historic significance of the treaty.

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.

On the occasion, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov exchanged congratulatory letters./.