Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin of the Russian State Duma is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam where he have met with Vietnamese top leaders to discuss ways to further economic relations.
Vietnamese NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on Dec 24. Photo: VNS
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They signed an agreement under which they will establish a cooperation committee between the two parliaments. This is the most outstanding result of talks as the NA for the first time participates in a bilateral mechanism of this type, Kim Ngan said at a press conference with her guest.
Both agreed that the committee demonstrates the political trust between the leaders of the two countries, it will be a new platform to strengthen cooperation in sectors of common interest, and in a particular way, it will strengthen ties between the respective parliaments.
The committee will hold annual meetings on a rotating basis in the capitals of the two nations, starting with Vietnam in 2019.
President Nguyen Phu Trong met the speaker on Dec 24. Photo: Baophapluat
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On the same day, the Russian speaker met with Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President Nguyen Phu Trong.
Volodin also met with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to discuss specific issues of bilateral cooperation. The leaders reviewed various scientific economic programs, including oil and gas. The two sides mentioned the construction of e-government and the digital economy, of which, Russia will help Vietnam build a single-window mechanism like the one currently applied in Moscow.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the speaker. Photo: VNS
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The last visit of the State Duma speaker to Vietnam took place four years ago. On December 2-3, 2014, the then-Speaker Sergey Naryshkin visited Hanoi. In February 2017, the delegation of Russia’s Federation Council (the upper house) led by Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko paid an official visit to Vietnam.
