ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 26 (Interfax-AVN) - Vietnamese National Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh, who is visiting Russia, arrived in St. Petersburg on Friday.
"The Vietnamese military delegation visited the Rubin central design bureau and plans to visit the Admiralty Shipyards on Friday," aide to commander of the Leningrad Military District Col. Yury Klyonov told Interfax-AVN.
"The Vietnamese national defense minister will meet with Leningrad Military District Commander Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov at the historic building of the General Headquarters on Palace Square on Saturday," he said.
"A dinner on behalf of the Leningrad Military district commander will be given in honor of the Vietnamese military delegation," he added.
Phung Quang Thanh will leave for Belarus on September 27 evening.