A delegation of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Pham Quang Nghi, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee stayed in Moscow from Nov 29-30 to attend the 13th Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF).
Addressing the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese delegation head affirmed that the CPV always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen cooperation with the KPRF in an effort to further develop the traditional friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries.
During a reception given to the delegation later, KPRF’s leaders affirmed that KPRF plans to strengthen cooperation with the CPV and strives to boost the Russia-Vietnam strategic partnership.
The Vietnamese delegation also met with leaders of the United Russia Party (ER) and Moscow mayor Yuri Luzkov and visited the Russian ancient capital of Saint Petersburg.
On the occasion, Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi held talks with international communist and workers’ delegations participating in the congress, in which he emphasized the need of intensifying cooperation and exchange of ideas and experiences among countries’ political parties for peace, national independence, democracy, sustainable development and social advance.
Separately, a delegation led by Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Tran Van Hang concluded Nov 28 a three-day visit to the U.K.
During the trip, the Vietnamese delegation was received by Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Bill Rammell, Chairman of House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Mike Gapes, President of British-Vietnamese Parliamentary Friendship Group Ben Chapman.
The two sides discussed measures to boost the cooperation between the Vietnamese Communist Party and the U.K.’s political parties, as well as to strengthen bilateral ties in fields of economy, trade, investment, justice, education, science and technology. (CPV, The People)
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