(VOVworld) - A high-ranking delegation of the Federation Council of Russia led by Chairwoman Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko begins a three-day official visit to Vietnam on Monday, according to the National Assembly Committee for External Affairs. The visit is at the invitation of Chairwoman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.  
 

Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko, Chairwoman of Russian Federation Council (Photo: Press TV)

Ms. Matviyenko visited Vietnam in 2005 as Governor of Saint Petersburg and in 2012 as Chairwoman of Russia's Upper House.