Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin begins an official visit to Vietnam

This afternoon, September 28, at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin led a high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation to Hanoi, starting an official visit to Vietnam and co-chairing the 4th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the State Duma of the Russian Federation from September 28-29.

Báo Đại biểu Nhân dân•28/09/2025

Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Vu Hong Thanh and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang welcomed Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation at Noi Bai International Airport.

Welcoming Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation at Noi Bai International Airport were: Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Vu Hong Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; National Assembly Deputy working full-time at the Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Pham Phu Binh and Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko, officers and staff of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Vietnam...

According to the program, immediately after arriving in Hanoi , Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation will lay wreaths at the Monument to the Martyrs and visit President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Vu Hong Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; National Assembly member working full-time at the Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Pham Phu Binh welcomed Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation at Noi Bai International Airport.

This afternoon, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will host a welcoming ceremony for Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation at the National Assembly House. Immediately after that, the two leaders will hold talks and co-chair the 4th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

The visit of the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation demonstrates the desire to maintain and develop bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and the Russian Federation on all channels, especially parliamentary cooperation, maintaining high-level contacts between the two countries' National Assemblies. At the same time, it affirms the important role of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee mechanism in promoting substantive and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, especially in the pillars of cooperation such as: diplomacy, defense - security, energy - oil and gas and other traditional fields such as: science - technology, education - training, culture, sports, tourism...

Below are some photos of the welcoming ceremony for Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and the high-ranking delegation of the Russian Federation at the airport: