Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Chairman of the United Russia Party Dmitry Medvedev (Photo: VOV)

Minister Le Hoai Trung said the 14th Congress outlined Vietnam’s development directions for a new era, emphasizing a growth model driven by science, technology and digital transformation, alongside cultural, social and environmental sustainability. For the first time, foreign affairs, together with defense and security, were identified as a regular and key task.

He reaffirmed Vietnam’s high regard for its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia and Party-to-Party ties, and proposed measures to strengthen cooperation.

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov. (Photo: VOV)

For their part, Russian party leaders affirmed Vietnam as a trusted partner in the Asia–Pacific and expressed readiness to expand cooperation in nuclear energy, defense–security, science–technology, culture and education, as well as theoretical exchanges and parliamentary and local-level cooperation.