(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is serving as a bridge connecting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in general and Russia in particular.
Head of the expert council of the Eurasian ideas foundation Grigory Trofimchuk made the evaluation in a story posted on Russia’s expert forum Realtribune.ru on Thursday. A favorable factor for Russia-ASEAN ties is that all of the bloc’s 10 member nations have friendly relations with Russia, he said. Trofimchuk recognized Vietnam’s significant contributions to promoting ASEAN to the wider world.