The Russian Prime Minister begins his visit to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Mishustin's official visit to Vietnam demonstrates that both countries value their traditional friendship and express their determination to further consolidate and strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
In the early morning of January 14th, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin arrived in Hanoi, beginning his official visit to Vietnam from January 14th to 15th, 2025, at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Welcoming the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang; Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dang Minh Khoi; Ambassador Bezdetko Gennady Stepanovich and several officials from the Russian Embassy in Vietnam.
Accompanying Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin on his visit to Vietnam were Deputy Prime Minister Overchuk Alexey Logvinovich; Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Russian Section of the Russian-Vietnamese Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation Chernyshenko Dmitry Nikolaevich; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Bezdetko Gennady Stepanovich; Minister of Industry and Trade Alikhanov Anton Andreevich; Minister of Culture Lyubimova Olga Borisovna; Minister of Economic Development Reshetnikov Maxim Gennadievich; Minister of Finance Siluanov Anton Germanovich; Minister of Digital Development, Information and Mass Media Shadaev Maksut Igorevich; Governor of Nenetsk Autonomous Region Bezdudniy Yury Vasilievich; and Deputy Chief of the Government Office of the Russian Federation Tagirov Elmir Tagirovich.
Also accompanying them were Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudenko Andrey Yurievich; State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Energy Bondarenko Anastasia Borisovna; State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Transport Zverev Dmitry Stanislavovich; State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Education Korneev Andrey Alekseevich; Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Mogilevskiy Konstantin Ilyich; Deputy Minister of Agriculture Titov Maxim Alexandrovich; General Director of the state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Likhachev Alexey Evgenievich; State Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Guznov Alexey Gennadievich; and Deputy Director of the Federal Agency for Military-Technical Cooperation Babich Mikhail Viktorovich.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin was born in 1966. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from the Moscow Institute of Machine Tools (1989); and a Doctorate in Economics (2003 from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and 2010 from the National Academy of Economics).
He previously served as Deputy Head of the State Tax Service of Russia (1998); Deputy Minister in charge of taxation (1999); Head of the Federal Land Administration of Russia (2004); Head of the Federal Economic Zones Administration of Russia (2007-2008); Chairman of "UFG Capital Partners" and Managing Partner of "UFG Asset Management" (2008–2010); Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia (2010-January 16, 2020). On January 16, 2020, Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin was appointed Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
This is Prime Minister Mishustin's first visit to Vietnam. According to the Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Dang Minh Khoi, the visit demonstrates that both countries value their traditional friendship and are determined to continue consolidating and strengthening their comprehensive strategic partnership. It also provides an opportunity for leaders of both countries to meet, discuss, and agree on important issues and strategic directions for the future, clarifying key areas of cooperation, from economics, trade, energy, science and technology to education, culture, and defense and security.
The visit also provided an opportunity for both sides to review, discuss, and find solutions to promote cooperation, exchange information on the progress of important cooperation projects in the fields of energy, industry, etc., and propose measures to expand cooperation in potential areas, creating momentum to promote relations between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.