Vietnam and Russia on November 12 signed 17 documents on bilateral cooperation during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam.

Following are the specific documents.

1. Agreement between Vietnam and Russia on the transfer of sentenced prisoners signed by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong and Russian Deputy Minister of Justice Maxim Alexandrovich Travnikov

2. Agreement on defence cooperation between Vietnam and Russia inked by Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Truong Quang Khanh and Russian first Deputy Defence Minister Arcadyi Victorovich Bakhin

3. Agreement between Vietnam and Russia on Vietnamese citizens studying in Russia’s education institutions concluded by Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and his Russian counterpart Livanov Dmitryi Victorovich

4. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in science, technology and creative renovation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science inked by their ministers Nguyen Quan and Livanov Dmitryi Victorovich

5. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in geology and use of mineral resources between the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology signed by their ministers Nguyen Minh Quang and Sergey Ephimovich Donskoi

6. Cooperation programme on health protection and medicine from 2014-2016 between the Health Ministries of Vietnam and Russia inked by Ministers Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Veronica Igorevna Skvorsova

7. Memorandum of Understanding between Vietnam’s Health Ministry and the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection on protecting consumers’ rights on cooperation in ensuring people’s hygiene and safety against epidemics concluded by Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and the office’s acting director Anna Iurevna Popova

8. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Bureaus of Accreditation of Vietnam and Russia signed by their Directors Vu Xuan Thuy and Savva Vitalevich Shipov

9. Contract on research and transfer of rubbery cloth production technology signed by head of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board Nguyen Van Cuong and General Director of the Rubber Industry Research Institute Polina Vladimirovna Taskaeva

10. Memorandum of Understanding on Rosneft Group’s participation in Plot 15-1/05 in Vietnam’s continental shelf inked by Chairman and CEO of PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation Do Van Khanh and President/CEO of Rosneft Group Igor Ivanovich Sechin

11. Agreement between the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and Rosneft Group on basic terms for cooperation in oil and gas exploration and exploitation in Pechora waters inked by PetroVietnam General Director Do Van Hau and President/CEO of Rosneft Group Igor Ivanovich Sechin

12. Agreement on the establishment of a joint venture turning gas into engine fuel in Vietnam signed by General Director of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group Do Van Hau and Gazprom Group President Alexei Borisovich Miller

13. Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening cooperation between PetroVietnam and Zarubezneft Group to increase the efficiency of Rusvietpetro Joint Venture signed by General Directors Do Van Hau and Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov

14. Framework agreement on oil refinery signed by PVN General Director Do Van Hau and Gazprom Neft President and General Director Alexander Valerevich Diukov

15. Credit agreement between the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam and Russia’s International Investment Bank

16. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank and Uralvagonzanod Group inked by General Directors Doan Minh Tien and Oleg Victorovich Scienco

17. Agreement between the Hanoi University of Business and Technology and the Moscow Academy of Economics and Law on the establishment of the Vietnam-Russia University of Humanities signed by Directors Tran Phuong and Vladimia Petrovich Buyanov.-