Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. File photoBANGKOK, Jul 5 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a working visit to Vietnam on July 5-6 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son, Vietnam's government news portal reported on Tuesday. the anniversary of the all-round strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia, the message says. year. The two countries upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership in 2001 and a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2012. In 2021, the countries adopted a joint statement «Vision for the development of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and Vietnam until 2030» during the official visit of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Russia, recalls the portal. The volume of bilateral trade between the two countries reached 4.85 billion dollars and 7.1 billion dollars in 2020 and 2021, respectively, the report says. Russian investors have invested more than $950 million in 151 projects in Vietnam, the portal also reports.
