The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia is ready to evacuate people from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk oblast to safe places if needed, said Counselor Vu Xuan Viet, head of the Consular Division and deputy head of the Community Affairs Board of the embassy on August 11.

Vietnam attaches great importance to economic, trade and investment cooperation with Russian localities, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh has said.

The central coastal province of Ninh Thuan and the Russian locality of Kursk signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on December 8 to strengthen cooperation.

Vietnamese firms converged at a business forum in Hanoi on December 7 to learn about the potential of doing business in the Russian province of Kursk.