Moscow, May 11 -- Based on the outcomes of the official visit to Russia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam from May 8 -11, the two countries have issued a joint statement outlining major directions for the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership in a new period of cooperation. The joint statement recognised the achievements Vietnam and Russia have attained over the course of 75 years of diplomatic relations across various fields, particularly in political dialogue, cooperation in defence-security, economy-trade, energy-oil-gas, education-training, and science-technology, people-to-people exchanges, as well as effective coordination and mutual support at international organisations a...