A number of documents have been signed following the talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Vietnamese counterpart.
A number of documents have been signed following the talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Vietnamese counterpart.
“Relations between Russia and Vietnam are of an exceptionally special character. Both countries are treating their relations with particular attention and special warmth. The opening of the Kamran memorial as a tribute to our former military brotherhood is the recent evidence of this.”
"Over the past several years, relations between our two countries have been developing very positively. In four years we have, I believe, tripled our trade turnover, which reached two billion dollars last year. Naturally, the volume of trade decreased somewhat due to the global economic downturn. But I am convinced that this is a temporary setback, and that the levels will rebound."
The two leaders discussed current social and economic problems and the resumption of gas supplies after the recent gas pipeline incident.
While taking into account the decisions made by the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh heads of government at the meeting of the Customs Union’s Supreme Council in St. Petersburg on December 11, 2009, representatives from the two commissions also elaborated the plan for the formation of the CES, which will be endorsed at the meeting between the heads of state on the Customs Union in Alma Ata on December 19 of this year.
“140,000 people working for vital sectors, namely, social security, education and law enforcement, have been vaccinated to date. Vaccination has already been completed in the Altai Territory and the Voronezh and Tyumen Regions. There are plans to vaccinate nearly 29 million people by late March 2010,” Zubkov said.
“As you know, there were many questions about maternity funds during my televised question and answer session with the public, as well as many suggestions for changing how these funds can be spent.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Sergei Kiriyenko discussed Rosatom’s cooperation with Russian and foreign partners and the corporation’s development plans for 2010.