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June 20, 2024 - 05:55 Your browser does not support the audio element. The Russian leader is accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Nikolaevich Chernyshenko, and Russian Ambassador to Việt Nam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its External Relations Commission (second right) Lê Hoài Trung, and Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà (first right) welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival in Việt Nam on June 19 night. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng

HÀ NỘI — Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and his entourage arrived in Hà Nội on June 19 night, starting a state visit to Việt Nam from June 19-20 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The Russian leader is accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Russian sub-committee of the Việt Nam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation Dmitry Nikolaevich Chernyshenko, and Russian Ambassador to Việt Nam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko, among others.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng

Prominent among those present at the airport to welcome the Russian guests were Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its External Relations Commission Lê Hoài Trung, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà who is also head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Việt Nam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Đặng Minh Khôi.

President Putin has visited Việt Nam four times. The visit this time holds an extremely important significance, further deepening the Việt Nam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in all fields, especially in the context that the two countries are striving to realise the joint statement on the comprehensive strategic partnership vision to 2030.

The Russian President is scheduled to have talks with Vietnamese top leaders -- Party chief Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President Tô Lâm, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, and National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn. — VNS

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng