Dmitry Chernyshenko holds a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha
Dmitry Chernyshenko holds a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha
Dmitry Chernyshenko holds a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha
Dmitry Chernyshenko holds a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha
Co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Russian-Vietnamese Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the person of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha have held, via videoconference, a meeting at the Coordination Centre of the Russian Government at the request of the Vietnamese side.
The officials discussed matters of bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, energy, scientific and educational spheres, as well as tourism.
Dmitry Chernyshenko congratulated Tran Hong Ha on the occasion of the upcoming 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s independence, adding that this year’s official visit by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to Hanoi, and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam’s visit to Moscow gave a major boost to cooperation, and praised highly the meeting in Moscow with Ngo Phuong Ly, the spouse of To Lam.
The Vietnamese Culture Festival in Moscow was a major event visited by nearly one million people.
During the meeting, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister had the following to say, “As of the end of 2024, trade between our countries grew by 20 percent. Russia’s exports to Vietnam were up by 53 percent, while imports from Vietnam grew by 11 percent. As of late 2024, wheat shipments to Vietnam increased almost threefold, and corn shipments more than doubled. Vietnam’s demand for Russian meat products remains stable.”
Tran Hong Ha thanked the Russian side for cooperation in personnel training and expressed interest in expanding the list of professions, including AI technologies.
“Our statistics show that over 3,300 students from Vietnam were trained at Russian universities in the past academic year, with nearly 80 percent of them studying under the government quota which currently stands at 1,000 publicly-funded spots annually, the same as Russia provides to China and other countries,” Dmitry Chernyshenko said.
In turn, Tran Hong Ha noted both countries’ extensive potential for developing the AI technology: “We highly appreciate your ICT capability. We have achieved sizable results as well. So, we will join our efforts.”
Dmitry Chernyshenko was supportive of the Vietnamese side’s interest in expanding bilateral cooperation in AI, “I see good prospects for interaction via the Global Alliance for Artificial Intelligence. The alliance’s origins go back to BRICS, but today its members include associations from 14 countries. As of today, 25 applications to join the alliance have been submitted.”
Progress in cooperation in trade and the economy was noted as well. For example, regarding logistics links, the Russian company FESCO launched two new services for shipping cargo from Vietnam to Russia in 2025, which shows extensive business demand for expanding transport links.
“Air travel between our countries is expanding with five Russian airlines operating 23 flights weekly to Vietnamese cities. We welcome the resumption of flights to Russia by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air. Vietnam is a highly popular destination among our tourists. Tourist arrivals from Vietnam to Russia are on the rise as well. Starting September, the period of e-visa stay in Russia will be extended to 30 days. I hope this will help promote Russia as a tourist destination for Vietnamese travellers,” Chernyshenko said.
Oil and gas cooperation was discussed as well. In May 2025, intergovernmental agreements concerning cooperation in the oil and gas sector were signed in the presence of President Vladimir Putin and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam. The required internal state procedures are being carried out promptly to ensure these documents enter into force, following which our countries will see greater opportunities for cooperation.
The participants noted the energetic efforts to establish a Russian school in Vietnam under a corresponding intergovernmental agreement.
From the Russian side, the meeting was attended by State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Education Andrei Korneyev, officials from the Ministry of Economic Development, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Energy, and Rosselkhoznadzor, to name a few. From the Vietnamese side, attendees included the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Russia Dang Minh Khoi, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Le Tan Dung, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Duc Long, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang, and a representative of the State Bank of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Ngoc Canh.
