Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country.”

Russia is willing to help develop Vietnam's nuclear power sector and provide it with crude oil and LNG, the two countries said on Wednesday. Vietnam and Russia also agreed to continue to facilitate oil and gas projects on each others' continental shelves,

By bno - Bangkok bureau Russia has publicly endorsed Vietnam's aspirations to join the influential BRICS bloc, a move that could significantly bolster Hanoi's global standing and economic prospects. This support was articulated in a joint communique released following a visit by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to Vietnam,

Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (right) and Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Vietnam

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met Vietnam's President Luong Cuong Wednesday, seeking to bolster support from its long-standing ally as Moscow's isolation over the war in Ukraine grows.

Russia has been trying to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its war in Ukraine. During Mishustin’s visit to Hanoi, the countries agreed to expand their ...

Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country.”

Vietnam and Russia signed an agreement on nuclear energy and several cooperation deals on Tuesday during a visit to Hanoi by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Russia and Vietnam signed an agreement on nuclear energy on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin aimed at deepening ties between the two long-standing allies.