HO CHI MINH. Feb 24 (Interfax) - Russia is awaiting visits of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Speaker Nguyen Th? Kim Ngan this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We are expecting your government chairman and the Vietnamese parliament speaker to visit us this year," Lavrov said at a meeting with Nguyen Thien Nhan, a member of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee Politburo and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City's Party Committee, on Monday.
He noted that 2019 and 2020 had been declared cross-years of Russia and Vietnam.
"The program will be very busy, and dozens of events ranging from scientific, cultural, and educational exchanges to investment projects will take place," Lavrov said.