Vietnamese Prime Minister to Attend ASEAN-Russia Summit in Russia

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung is set to lead a high-level delegation to Russia for a significant summit marking 35 years of ASEAN-Russia relations. The visit, scheduled from June 16 to 18 in Kazan, will also include bilateral activities and represents the Prime Minister's inaugural trip to Russia since assuming leadership of the Vietnamese government.

The summit serves as a crucial platform to define new avenues for mutually beneficial cooperation and to further solidify the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership. Relations between ASEAN and Russia began in July 1991, with Russia achieving full dialogue partner status in July 1996. Their partnership was further formalized with a declaration on progressive and comprehensive partnership in 2005 and elevated to a strategic partnership in 2018 at a summit in Singapore.

This trip underscores Vietnam's active role and commitment as an ASEAN member, while also reinforcing the strong bilateral ties between Vietnam and Russia. The two nations, which celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations in 2025, share a high degree of political trust. Regular high-level exchanges have consistently propelled their comprehensive strategic partnership forward.

Economic and trade cooperation continues to be a focus, with energy and oil-gas remaining traditional pillars of their effective collaboration. A notable development in their partnership was the signing of an agreement in March to construct a nuclear power plant in Vietnam, a project anticipated to become a new symbol of Vietnamese-Russian friendship.