After the meeting in the SCO Plus format, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Tin.
Pham Minh Tinh (as translated): Dear comrade, thank you so much for taking the time to meet. I understand that you have You have a very busy schedule.
Vladimir Putin: It would be strange if we didn’t talk. We have such deep relations between our countries and our peoples that we are always happy to use any opportunity for our direct contacts.
Tomorrow we will have the opportunity to continue contacts and cooperation in the framework of events related to the 80th anniversary of the victory over militarism and the end of the Second World War. But I am very glad to meet with you, because government leaders always have a very large agenda for practical cooperation between Vietnam and Russia.
Economic relations between Russia and Vietnam is doing well, it is actively developing, and all our tasks that we set for ourselves, including during my visit to Vietnam, Vietnam.
Pham Minh Tinh: Dear comrade, it would indeed be very strange if we did not meet at such moments, because in fact we have a very broad agenda, a lot needs to be discussed, in particular the agreements that have been reached between us and which are subject to implementation.
