Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Vietnam for two days at the invitation of Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

At the invitation of Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Vietnam from July 5-6, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Minister Lavrov during his visit to Minsk, Belarus, June 30.

Vietnam and Russia established diplomatic relations in 1950, then decided to raise the relationship to a strategic partner in 2001. 11 years later, the two countries became a comprehensive strategic partner.

Bilateral trade turnover in 2020 reached US $ 4.85 billion, up 9% compared to 2019. In 2021, the mutual support turnover increased to US $ 7.1 billion, up 25% compared to 2020.

During the official visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2, 2021, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement on the vision of a comprehensive strategic partnership of Vietnam - Russia

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife to Moscow, starting an official visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.