Hanoi (VNA), Feb. 16 -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on February 16 held phone talks with his Russia n counterpart Alexander Valentinovich Novak to review the bilateral cooperation in the past time and discuss measures to promote cooperative ties in various areas in the coming time.

The two Deputy PMs held that the Vietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with a history of more than seven decades has kept developing and achieved important results, especially within the framework of the Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic-Commercial and Scientific-Technological Cooperation.

They affirmed to continue coordinating closely to implement agreements reached during visits and meetings by senior leaders of the tw...