VietNamNet Bridge – Russia is a leading and important foreign partner for Viet Nam, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung told the leader of St Petersburg soon after his arrival in the Russian city on Saturday.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Russian media yesterday reported that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has begun a visit to Myanmar and Vietnam, where he will have talks on military and political cooperation.

 A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying six satellites blasted off on Wednesday from Pad 31 of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem was beaten by India’s Chanda Sandipan in his final match of Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 on January 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has attended a conference on international communist movements in Moscow, Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Russia-based Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation and Vietnam Electricity are working closely to implement the first nuclear power project in south-central Ninh Thuan province.

Vietnam and Russia have a fine traditional relationship and cooperation that has been continually consolidated and promoted over the years.