(VOVworld) – Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in a consultation in Hanoi on Tuesday agreed on measures to boost their comprehensive strategic partnership. They reviewed cooperation in the past and agreed to step up key cooperative projects and legal framework building. Areas in which to foster ties include politics, economics, investment, culture, education-training, science-technology, energy, and gas development.

The two leaders exchanged their views on regional and global issues as well as other issues of common concern. Both sides vowed to nurture their fine relationship to protect each country’s interest in the world arena.