The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on the occasion of attending the 150th Congress of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 6, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with President of the Russian Federation Council (Prophet) Valentina Matvienko and President of the Indian House of Representatives Om Birla.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man respectfully conveyed the greetings of General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the National Assembly Chairman personally to President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower house) Vyacheslav Volodin and the Chairman of the Russian Federation Council personally.
President of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko was very pleased to meet and congratulate National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on his very impressive speech at the High-level plurial Session of the IPU-150 General Assembly; affirming that Vietnam is always considered a comprehensive strategic partner of the Russian Federation and a trusted partner in Southeast Asia.
At the meeting, the two leaders highly appreciated the positive development of traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation on the platform of the comprehensive strategic partner of Vietnam-Russia. In particular, the close coordination and effective cooperation between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Federal Council and Duma Russia has contributed an important part.
In the context of 2025, the two countries celebrate 75 years of establishing diplomatic relations, while marking many important and memorable anniversaries in the history of relations between the two countries such as Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the great victory in the great national defense war, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South, the unification of the country and the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam National Day, the two sides agreed to continue promoting the exchange of high -level and high -level committees, with the committee of the Commissioner, with the committee of the Commissioner Parliament, strategic dialogue ..
At the same time, enhance the role of cooperation between the two legislative bodies in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, contributing to deepening political trust, supporting the removal of difficulties in cooperation in all fields of national defense - security, energy, education - training, in line with the comprehensive strategic partnership, meeting the common interests of the two countries.
Regarding parliamentary cooperation, the two sides agreed to assess this as a very important cooperation channel and the dialogue and delegation exchange between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Russian Federation Parliament have been very active; cooperation between the Friendship Parliamentary Groups of the two countries is also very close and effective.
The two sides agreed that in the coming time, the parliament between the two countries will continue to contribute positively to the implementation of the comprehensive strategic partner of Vietnam-Russia and the action plan to implement this partner framework; Contribute to promoting cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economic, trade, education and training, tourism and people exchange between the two countries.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man suggested that the Russian Federation continue to create conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, work and study in the Russian Federation.
The National Assembly Chairman also respectfully invited the Chairman of the Russian Federation Council to visit Vietnam at an appropriate time. Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko also respectfully invited National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to soon visit Russia.
