Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat and Head of the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung welcomed President Vladimir Putin at Noi Bai Airport. Photo: VOV

Welcoming President Putin and the high-level delegation of Russia at Noi Bai International Airport were Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat and Head of the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha who is also head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi.

Accompanying President Putin to Vietnam is Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Russian sub-committee of the Vietnam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation Dmitry Nikolaevich Chernyshenko, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko, and representatives of a number of localities and large corporations of Russia.

President Putin's visit to Vietnam is taking place at a time when the two countries are celebrating 74 years of diplomatic relations and 30 years of signing the Treaty on Basic Principles of Friendship this year. The comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries is reaping achievements in all fields of politics, economics, trade, defense and security, culture, science, education, and people-to-people exchange.

Ambassador Bezdetko said that in addition to high-level talks and contacts between key leaders of Vietnam and President Putin, the two sides plan to approve a joint statement on guidelines of future bilateral relations. Cooperation documents will be signed in higher education, justice, customs, health, energy and science.