The Party, State, and people of Vietnam always treasure and remember the valuable support from the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today for Vietnam's struggle for national liberation in the past as well as national development efforts at present.

Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 15 for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and a delegation of the Russian Government.

A get-together to mark the 107th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7, 1917 - 2024) was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5.

Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Russian First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov co-chaired the 13th Vietnam – Russia diplomacy - defence - security strategy dialogue in Hanoi on March 4.

The Vietnam Women’s Union's chapter in Russia organised the “Homeland Spring” event at Sadovod shopping centre on December 24 to welcome Christmas and New Year 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 14 attended a conference reviewing the 30-year cooperation between the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board and the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR) in preserving the corpse of the late Vietnamese leader.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Hanoi on July 6, during which the PM affirmed that Vietnam has attached great importance to its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia and wanted to deepen and make the bilateral cooperative ties more effective in all spheres.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was honoured with the Lenin Prize by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 15.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow on December 1 as part of his ongoing official visit to Russia.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, agencies and businesses of Vietnam and Russia to seek ways lifting two-way trade by 15 times and tripling investment in the near future.

Vietnam and Russia have issued a joint statement on the vision of their comprehensive strategic partnership by 2030.

The 14th St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum (PMIF) kicked off in the Russian city on November 10, with Vietnam being the partner of this year’s event.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on September 28 as part of his official visit to Russia from September 25 to 28.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi paid a working visit to Kaluga oblast on August 17, with economic cooperation among the focuses of the trip.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Russia’s Saint Petersburg city held a teleconference on May 19 to discuss cooperation orientations, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam - Russia strategic partnership.

A 2.1-metre-tall bronze statue of famous Russian poet Alexandre Sergeievich Pushkin has been unveiled at Hoa Binh Park in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem district by the municipal People’s Committee and the Embassy of Russia in Vietnam.

Despite geographical distance, Vietnam - Russia comprehensive strategic partnership remains special and thriving in all aspects

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Office Nguyen Manh Hung led a NA delegation to visit Russia from November 29 to December 5.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 22 sent a message of congratulations to Sergey Lavrov on his re-appointment as Foreign Minister of Russia.