He laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Mausoleum, and the Statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Moscow, and attended a ceremony to celebrate the 60th founding anniversary of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association. He also met with Russian veterans and experts who have worked in Vietnam, and visited Kaluga province.
During the talks, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Putin affirmed the consistent policy of strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in order to meet the long-term interests of their peoples, and agreed on the importance of maintaining joint efforts to promote cooperation in all areas, such as military technique; improving the cooperation mechanism, and effectively implementing the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union as well as its member nations; improving the effectiveness of activities of the Vietnam-Russia Senior Working Group on priority investment projects in order to develop and implement projects in the fields of industry and electrical energy; mining and mineral processing; agriculture; information and telecommunications; and urban and transport infrastructure in localities all over Vietnam and expanding the area for exploration and exploitation of oil and gas on the continental shelf of Vietnam.
 The Vietnamese leader reviews the honor guard at the welcoming ceremony at Vnukovo airport in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  Russian President Vladimir Putin receives Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Sochi. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The two leaders witness the signing a deal on human resources training in nuclear energy for peaceful purpose between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation of Russia. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The Party chief has a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The Party leader meets with Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The Vietnamese leader has a reception for First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  Chairman of A Just Russia (SR) party Sergey Mironov receives Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA |
The two sides confirmed that maintaining peace and stability and strengthening mutual trust are core factors to ensure stable development in the Asia-Pacific region. They exchanged their opinions regarding international and regional matters of common interests. They both supported the necessity of tackling conflict by peaceful measures without the use of, or threat to use, force and with respect to international law through forums as the ASEAN - Russia Summit, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+).
The Party chief's visit was highly spoken by Russian experts and scholars. Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies Sergey Luzianin said that Russia has always affirmed that Vietnam is a bridge to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with which Russia plans to establish durable ties, he said.
 The Vietnamese leader and his entourage lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and pay tribute to V.I Lenin in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has a meeting with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and overseas Vietnamese in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The leader visits the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  The Vietnamese leader attends the 60th founding anniversary of the Russia -Vietnam Friendship Association. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  He has a reception for Chairman of the Management Committee Gazprom Alexey Miller in Moscow. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits Kaluga province. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA  He also attends the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of TH Group’s dairy factory in Kaluga. Photo: Tri Dung/VNA |
Director of the Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre Vladimir Mazyrin highlighted the characteristics of the political system in Vietnam led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). He also emphasised the CPV leader Nguyen Phu Trong’s personal prestige in the fight against corruption, which has been welcomed by many countries globally.
He suggested reaching for more strategic projects to fulfil the goal of lifting two-way trade to 10 billion US dollars by 2020, adding that in order to match the strategic partnership level, Russia needs to access more of Vietnam’s key projects, including those in nuclear power and metro systems.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh expressed his belief that the two countries will score new achievements in the near future, contributing to their own development and for the peace, well-being, stability, and cooperation in the region and the world.
By VNA/VNP
