Vietnam and Russia issued a joint statement on strengthening their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Party General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visit to Russia from September 7-9.

General Secretary and President To Lam was honoured with the 2026 Lev Tolstoy International Peace Prize at a ceremony held at the Kremlin in Moscow on the evening of September 9 (local time).

General Secretary and President To Lam held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, Moscow, on September 9 following an official welcome ceremony for him held with full state honours.

General Secretary and President To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly addressed the press following their talks in Moscow on the afternoon of September 9 (local time).

General Secretary and President To Lam, and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the exchange of a series of cooperation documents in Moscow on September 9 (local time), within the framework of the former's state visit to Russia.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 9 attended the online opening of an infectious disease prevention laboratory at the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre in Hanoi.

Madame Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam, visited school No. 1253 on September 9 during their ongoing state visit to Russia.

General Secretary and President To Lam met with representatives of Zarubezhneft JSC, AFK Sistema and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow on September 9 as part of his state visit to Russia.

General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended the Vietnam–Russia science and technology forum on connecting strategic technologies in Moscow on September 9.

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology President Tran Hong Thai held talks with AFK Sistema Vice President Artyom Zassourky to advance cooperation in several strategic technology fields.

As part of the delegation accompanying General Secretary and President To Lam on his state visit to Russia, Minister Nguyen Dinh Khang held talks on September 8 with Stanislav Bedkin, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Policy and Strategy Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with RANEPA Director Alexey Komissarov in Moscow on September 8.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam held a meeting with Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko in Moscow on September 8 (local time).

Vietnam considers its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia a top foreign policy priority, Party General Secretary and President To Lam said.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam highlighted maritime cooperation as a promising area for Vietnam and Russia during a meeting with Russian Presidential Aide and Maritime Board Chairman Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow on September 8.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation attended the opening of a Vietnam-Russia heritage and cultural space at VGIK in Moscow on September 8. The event was part of their state visit to Russia.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam met Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow on September 8 as part of his state visit to Russia.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called for stronger breakthroughs in bilateral trade during their meeting in Moscow on September 8.

General Phan Van Giang said Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense welcomes a delegation of senior Russian Defense Ministry officials to attend the Vietnam International Defense Expo this December.