Sputnik comes live from Hanoi, Vietnam as Russia's foreign policy chief Sergey Lavrov is holding a press conference after talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Bui Thanh Son.
The parties were expected to discuss the prospects for promoting a Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive strategic partnership, including political dialogue as well as trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, collaboration in defense and security, and humanitarian exchanges.
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