Russian Prime Minister arrives in Hanoi, begins official visit to Vietnam

(NLDO)- Early morning on January 14, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin arrived in Hanoi, beginning his official visit to Vietnam.

The visit took place from January 14 to 15, at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Thủ tướng Nga tới Hà Nội, bắt đầu thăm chính thức Việt Nam- Ảnh 1. — Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang; Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dang Minh Khoi welcomed Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin at Noi Bai International Airport in the early morning of January 14. Photo: VNA

Welcoming the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang; Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dang Minh Khoi; Ambassador Bezdetko Gennady Stepanovich and a number of officials from the Russian Embassy in Vietnam.

Accompanying Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin to visit Vietnam were: Deputy Prime Minister Overchuk Alexey Logvinovich; Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Russian Subcommittee of the Russia-Vietnam Intergovernmental Commission on Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation Chernyshenko Dmitry Nikolaevich; Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Bezdetko Gennady Stepanovich; Minister of Industry and Trade Alikhanov Anton Andreevich; Minister of Culture Lyubimova Olga Borisovna; Minister of Economic Development Reshetnikov Maxim Gennadievich; Minister of Finance Siluanov Anton Germanovich; Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications Shadaev Maksut Igorevich; Governor of the Nenetsk Autonomous Region Bezdudniy Yury Vasilievich; Deputy Head of the Government Office of the Russian Federation Tagirov Elmir Tagirovich; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudenko Andrey Yurievich; State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Energy Bondarenko Anastasia Borisovna; State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Transport Zverev Dmitry Stanislavovich; State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Education Korneev Andrey Alekseevich; Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Mogilevskiy Konstantin Ilyich; Deputy Minister of Agriculture Titov Maxim Alexandrovich; General Director of the State Corporation for Nuclear Energy Rosatom Likhachev Alexey Evgenievich; State Secretary - Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Guznov Alexey Gennadievich; Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Babich Mikhail Viktorovich.

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin was born in 1966. He has a Bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the Moscow Machine Tool Institute (1989); PhD in economics (in 2003, from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and in 2010, from the Academy of National Economy).

He served as Deputy Director of the State Tax Service of Russia (1998); Deputy Minister in charge of taxes (1999); Head of the Federal Cadastral Agency of Russia (2004); Head of the Federal Administration of Special Economic Zones of the Russian Federation (2007-2008); Chairman of the "UFG Capital Partners" Group and Managing Partner of the "UFG Asset Management" Group (2008-2010); Director of the Federal Tax Service of Russia (2010 to January 16, 2020). On January 16, 2020, Mr. Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin was appointed Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

This is Prime Minister Mishustin's first visit to Vietnam. According to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dang Minh Khoi, the visit shows that the two countries value their traditional friendship and demonstrate their determination to continue to consolidate and strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This is also an opportunity for leaders of the two countries to meet, discuss and agree on important issues and strategic directions for the future, and more clearly define key areas of cooperation, from economics, trade, energy, science and technology to education, culture and national defense and security.

The visit is also an opportunity for the two sides to review, discuss and find solutions to promote cooperation, exchange on the progress of implementing important cooperation projects in the fields of energy, industry, etc., and propose measures to expand cooperation in potential fields, creating momentum to promote relations between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.

Ambassador Professor Bezdetko said that during the visit, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin will meet and hold talks with Vietnamese leaders.

The two sides will discuss urgent issues of Vietnam-Russia cooperation in the fields of trade, economy, culture and humanitarian affairs. The two sides will pay special attention to implementing joint projects in the fields of energy, transport, industry, agriculture and other fields. After the negotiations, a number of joint documents are expected to be signed.

Some images of the welcoming ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin at Noi Bai International Airport in the early morning of January 14, recorded by VNA: