VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son on January 24 visited the Moscow World Trade Centre where thousands of Vietnamese people do business.

Ambassador Son meets with Vietnamese businesses at the centre. (Photo: VOV)

The ambassador inquired into the operation of the trade centre and businesses set up by Vietnamese nationals. He briefed the centre’s leadership on Vietnam’s policy for the Vietnamese community in Russia and asked them to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese traders to do business according to the local law.

Meeting with Vietnamese people there, the diplomat further elaborated on Party guidelines and State policies for overseas Vietnamese. He appreciated their contributions to activities organised by the embassy, as well as their assistance to the Vietnamese community in Russia and needy people in the homeland.  

Son expressed his hope that Vietnamese traders at the centre will uphold the tradition of unity and mutual assistance to build a strong Vietnamese community, contributing to developing the Vietnamese fatherland and strengthening the Vietnam-Russia relationship.

He also paid a lunar New Year visit to Hanoi-Moscow Culture and Trade Centre run by a Vietnamese company.

Congratulations on VN-Belarus anniversary

State President Truong Tan Sang yesterday, Jan 26, sent a message of congratulations to his Belarus counterpart President Alexander Lukashenko on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung extended his greetings to Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh passed on his congratulations to Foreign Minister Sergey Martynov.

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