Vietnam and Russia on September 6 reached an agreement under which Russia will supply Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to two air transporters: Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air.

 Viet Nam and Russia are stepping up efforts to conclude negotiations for the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Viet Nam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in early 2015.

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 Vietnam and Russia held a political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level in the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 5.

 Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has raised hopes that a deal could be struck with Russia to end fighting in the east of his country.

Western leaders have criticised Russia for its "destabilising" influence on the crisis in Ukraine, at the start of a Nato summit in Wales.

 PetroVietnam and Rosneft will establish a joint venture company to explore and exploit two oil wells at Pechora Sea, north-west of Russia, which have a combined geological reserve of 1 billion tonnes and a recoverable reserve of 200 million tonnes.

 US President Barack Obama has arrived in Estonia for talks on Russia and the Ukraine crisis with Baltic leaders.

 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a "roadmap" will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east.

VietNamNet columnist Viet Lam spoke with Prof. James Dale Bindenagel, former US Ambassador to Germany, and Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, Deputy Director of the Institute for the East Sea Studies, about China’s rise and Vietnam’s choices.

 Almost 300 lorries of humanitarian aid have left the Moscow area bound for eastern Ukraine, Russia has said.

Russia has been ordered to pay about $2.5bn (£1.5bn; 1.9bn euros) to former shareholders in defunct oil group Yukos by the European Court of Human Rights.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese man has spent the past 20 years searching for his daughter who went missing on a summer holiday with her relatives in the Russian city of Sochi in August 1993.

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 Both sides in the Ukraine conflict have cast doubt on a newly called ceasefire, following the downing of a military helicopter on Tuesday.

 Viet Nam and Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the possibility of cooperating in a joint seismic research at Lots 125 and 126 in the Phu Khanh basin in Viet Nam's continental shelf.

 Vietnam attaches special importance to developing its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, affirmed President Truong Tan Sang while receiving Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Hanoi on April 16.

 The Russian government will provide university scholarships for 70 Vietnamese students pursuing an atomic energy course in 2014, announced the Ministry of Education and Training.

 U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday that it has suspended the majority of its engagements with Russia due to the Ukraine crisis.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Project 636 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine, HQ-185 Khanh Hoa, was floated out at St. Petersburg –based Admiralty Verfi shipyard on March 28.