Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 19-20.

Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov

The visit will be made at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Vietnam and Russia established diplomatic ties on January 30, 1950.

Two-way trade reached nearly 4 billion USD in the first ten months of 2017, up 36 percent year-on-year. 

The two countries are working together to raise the figure to 10 billion USD by 2020.-VNA