Russian PM points to regular contacts with Vietnam ‘at all levels’

HANOI, November 19. /TASS/. Moscow and Hanoi have been maintaining regular contacts in all fields and at all levels, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairperson Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. "We are friends and strategic partners, we maintain regular contacts in all fields and at all levels," Medvedev said. In this connection, he pointed out that Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin would visit Vietnam in the near future. The Russian prime minister was also hopeful that the Vietnamese parliament’s top officials would also make a visit to Moscow. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, in turn, stressed that Moscow played an important role in ensuring global stability while maintaining stability within the country. She also called on Russia to boost relations with Asian countries and lauded Vietnamese-Russian cooperation. Read more