The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)maintains a policy of enhancing its ties with the United Russia (ER)party to help strengthen and further develop traditional friendship andall-sided, trustful and mutually beneficial cooperation between Vietnamand Russia, a CPV senior official said at the ER’s 11 th congress.
Addressing the congress on Nov. 21, Truong Tan Sang, who is PermanentSecretary of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, reaffirmed thatin its foreign policy, Vietnam always places importance and gives highpriority to the development of relationship with Russia .
He told the ER members that Vietnam is satisfactory with newdevelopments in the two countries’ ties in every field in the spirit ofstrategic partnership adopted by senior leaders of both countries.
Sang said that the Vietnamese communists and people have keenlyfollowed the operation, role and position of the ER, and felt happy forimmense achievements Russia has gained under the leadership ofPresident Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The Vietnamese communists and people have lauded Russia’s positivestance as well as its important role in maintaining peace and stabilityand in promoting cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and the worldfor the establishment of a new world order of justice and equality, theVietnamese official noted.
He expressed belief that by implementing a resolution to be adopted atthis congress, the ER would continue to reaffirm its position andleading role in Russia ’s socio-political life, contributing torealising strategic tasks of modernising Russia and turning the countryinto a prosperous and powerful one which plays an important role ininternational relations.
Earlier on the day, Sang handed over the CPV Central Committee’sgreetings to the Chairman of the ER Supreme Council, Boris Gryzlov.
On the occasion, Sang signed with the ER Chairman an agreement oncooperation between the CPV and the ER, following which the two partieswill regularly hold consultancy and exchange of information regardingoutstanding events in the two countries, and in bilateral andinternational relations.
The two parties will share experiences in the Party building work,organisational affairs, inspection and supervision, personnel training,publication, and other areas of interests.
Furthermore, the two parties will frequently exchange visits at alllevels, and organise expert-level meetings, bilateral and multilateralseminars, conferences and round-table talks to discuss emergency issuesin the Vietnam-Russia relationship and international ties of mutualconcern.
In the agreement, the two parties pledge to further support therelationship between youth’s organisations, women’s unions, educationaland humanitarian organizations and other social organizations.
Later on the day, Sang and his entourage attended a symposium debatingpolitical parties’ social responsibility in global crisis.
On Nov. 19, the Vietnamese communists laid a wreath at a monumentdedicated to President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Square in Moscow, and met with the Vietnamese embassy staff and representatives ofVietnamese communities in Russia .
They met with Vice Secretary of the Saint Petersburg ER Committee,Konstantin Serov and held talks with St. Petersburg Mayor ValentinaMatvienko on ways to step up the wide-ranging strategic partnershipbetween St. Petersburg and Vietnamese cities.
Sang and his entourage arrived in Russia on November 18 and will stay there until November 23./.
Addressing the congress on Nov. 21, Truong Tan Sang, who is PermanentSecretary of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, reaffirmed thatin its foreign policy, Vietnam always places importance and gives highpriority to the development of relationship with Russia .
He told the ER members that Vietnam is satisfactory with newdevelopments in the two countries’ ties in every field in the spirit ofstrategic partnership adopted by senior leaders of both countries.
Sang said that the Vietnamese communists and people have keenlyfollowed the operation, role and position of the ER, and felt happy forimmense achievements Russia has gained under the leadership ofPresident Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The Vietnamese communists and people have lauded Russia’s positivestance as well as its important role in maintaining peace and stabilityand in promoting cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and the worldfor the establishment of a new world order of justice and equality, theVietnamese official noted.
He expressed belief that by implementing a resolution to be adopted atthis congress, the ER would continue to reaffirm its position andleading role in Russia ’s socio-political life, contributing torealising strategic tasks of modernising Russia and turning the countryinto a prosperous and powerful one which plays an important role ininternational relations.
Earlier on the day, Sang handed over the CPV Central Committee’sgreetings to the Chairman of the ER Supreme Council, Boris Gryzlov.
On the occasion, Sang signed with the ER Chairman an agreement oncooperation between the CPV and the ER, following which the two partieswill regularly hold consultancy and exchange of information regardingoutstanding events in the two countries, and in bilateral andinternational relations.
The two parties will share experiences in the Party building work,organisational affairs, inspection and supervision, personnel training,publication, and other areas of interests.
Furthermore, the two parties will frequently exchange visits at alllevels, and organise expert-level meetings, bilateral and multilateralseminars, conferences and round-table talks to discuss emergency issuesin the Vietnam-Russia relationship and international ties of mutualconcern.
In the agreement, the two parties pledge to further support therelationship between youth’s organisations, women’s unions, educationaland humanitarian organizations and other social organizations.
Later on the day, Sang and his entourage attended a symposium debatingpolitical parties’ social responsibility in global crisis.
On Nov. 19, the Vietnamese communists laid a wreath at a monumentdedicated to President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Square in Moscow, and met with the Vietnamese embassy staff and representatives ofVietnamese communities in Russia .
They met with Vice Secretary of the Saint Petersburg ER Committee,Konstantin Serov and held talks with St. Petersburg Mayor ValentinaMatvienko on ways to step up the wide-ranging strategic partnershipbetween St. Petersburg and Vietnamese cities.
Sang and his entourage arrived in Russia on November 18 and will stay there until November 23./.