Viet Nam, Russia vow to continue boosting cooperation in economics, trade, education
VGP - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Viet Nam–Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Trade, and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, had a virtual conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko on August 22.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong holds virtual conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko, August 22, 2025 - Photo: VGP
Chernyshenko extended his congratulations to the Party, State, and people of Viet Nam on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day.
The relations between Viet Nam and Russia have been strengthened via high-level visits and exchanges, he noted, adding that substantive cooperation have been promoted across spectra of economy, trade, investment, science and technology, culture, arts, and humanitarian affairs.
He urged both sides to continue implementing the cooperation development master plan till 2030, particularly in such areas as industry, agriculture, healthcare, and trade.
Tran, for his part, reiterated that there remains significant potential for bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and investment.
He welcomed Russia's initiative to establish a Russian school in Viet Nam with a modern educational program, adding that the capital city of Ha Noi has allocated a site and stands ready to work with Moscow to implement the Moscow House project in the city.
He spoke highly of Russia's long-standing support in training high-quality human resources for Viet Nam, which is currently focused on energy, digital transformation, science, technology, and arts.
The Vietnamese official also expressed the hope that Russia would continue to assist Viet Nam in training experts capable of operating cooperation projects.
Tran called for the early organization of negotiations and working sessions at the government, ministerial, and sectoral levels to address urgent and important issues related to investment cooperation projects such as nuclear power and multidisciplinary technical centers, underlining the need to expand trade and investment between enterprises of the two countries.
The two Deputy Prime Ministers vowed to continue effectively carrying out cooperation agreements, thereby contributing to further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.
Both sides pledged to join hands in addressing difficulties and promoting exports to each other's markets as well as to the Eurasian Economic Union, particularly in such sectors as agricultural products, food, textiles, and consumer goods.
They exchanged views on cooperation in oil and gas exploration, the development of products from liquefied natural gas (LNG), and LNG projects, while discussing ways to resolve obstacles in the implementation of the nuclear power plant project in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
Both officials affirmed their readiness to assign ministries and sectors to urgently prepare the agenda for the next session of the Viet Nam–Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Trade, and Scientific-Technical Cooperation./.
