To Lam hosts top Russian legislator Valentina Matviyenko

To Lam expressed his delight at the positive advancement in Viet Nam–Russia cooperation and voiced his wish to work with Russia to effectively implement high-level agreements, bringing the bilateral ties into a deeper and more substantive level to serve the interests of both peoples.

It is necessary for the two nations to seize opportunities to continuously promote and expand cooperation in favor of their development goals, enhance each nation's capacity, autonomy, and self-reliance, and making contributions to global peace, stability, and development, he noted.

The top Vietnamese leader suggested the Federation Council of Russia continue to work closely with the National Assembly of Viet Nam to promote the role of legislative bodies in perfecting the legal framework, supervising, and accelerating the implementation of the bilateral agreements.

To Lam spoke highly of the recently-signed joint action program between the two legislative bodies, with a view to creating a substantive shift in the operations of the two parliaments.

Matviyenko, for her part, spoke highly of Viet Nam's socio-economic development achievements as well as its increasing role, position, and international prestige under the leadership and strategic vision of To Lam.

She voiced her support for strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, saying that that the Council stands ready to work with the National Assembly of Viet Nam to promote the implementation of high-level agreements, particularly in the fields of economy, trade, oil and gas.

She suggested the two countries bolster cooperation in culture, education, tourism, youth exchanges, and locality-to-locality partnership.

The two sides vowed to continue maintaining regular exchanges and contacts across all channels, bringing into full play the bridging role of parliamentary cooperation.

Both sides also pledged to promote practical cooperation programs that bring tangible benefits to their citizens, localities, and businesses.

The same day, the top Russian legislator held talks with President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and met with Prime Minister Le Minh Hung./.