An annual golf tournament was recently held in Russia to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has honoured seven Vietnamese soldiers who joined the Red Army of the former Soviet Union against fascism, in celebration of the 75th victory of the Great Patriotic War. Those Vietnamese soldiers now have their profiles included in the database of the ‘memorial road’ museum complex soon to be inaugurated in the suburb of Moscow.

On the afternoon of May 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh made a phone call to discuss with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Russia Federation PM Mikhail Mishustin have consentaneously continue facilitating two countries' trade and exchange amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin thanked Vietnam for offering 150,000 face masks to help his country deal with the COVID-19 outbreaks, VGP reported.