70th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties

On Nov. 4, 1978, in Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Party General Secretary Le Duan, Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. I Brezhnev signed the Vietnam-Soviet Union Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, marking an important milestone in the two countries’ relations (Photo: VNA)

The Russia-Vietnam military-defense cooperation is constantly developing. Russia is still a traditional and reliable partner of Vietnam in the field of technical, military and defense cooperation and a major supplier of military equipment to the Vietnam People’s Army. In the photo: A modern Russian Su-30MK2 fighter provided for Vietnam’ People’ Army (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam naval force is equipped with Russian 636 Kilo-class submarines (Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung welcomes and held talks with Chairman of Russian State Duma Sergey Naryshkin during the latter’s official visit to Vietnam, Dec. 2, 2014, in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosts a reception for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev who is on an official visit to Vietnam, April 6, 2015 (Photo: VNA)

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Cu Chi tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City, April 7, 2015 (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev hold talks in Moscow, May 16, 2016 (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko in Moscow May 17, 2016 (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomes Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko in Hanoi, Feb. 22, 2017 (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Nov. 25. 2014 (Photo: VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign a joint statement for a strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russian, Hanoi, March 1, 2001 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi people welcome Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment Voroshilov on a visit to Vietnam, May 20, 1957 (Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh and a delegation of the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on a visit to Soviet Union, August, 1957 (Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh welcomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment Voroshilov on a visit to Vietnam, 1957 (Archive)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attends a groundbreaking ceremony of a milk processing factory of TH True Milk group in Kaluga, on Sept. 7, 2018, opening up a new cooperation and investment trend between Vietnam and Russia (Photo; VNA)

Russia imports rice from Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

The number of Russian visitors to Vietnam keeps increasing, ranking first among European tourists (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam-Russia joint stock bank, one of joint ventures between the two countries in finance-banking sector (Photo: VNA)

The 190 million USD Hanoi-Moscow trade centre in Moscow (Incentra) (Photo: VNA)

Russian invested projects have been contributing to Vietnam’s economy, especially in oil and gas sector (Photo: VNA)

Russian experts and staff on an oil rig offshore Vung Tau (Photo: VNA)