Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country.”

Russia is willing to help develop Vietnam's nuclear power sector and provide it with crude oil and LNG, the two countries said on Wednesday. Vietnam and Russia also agreed to continue to facilitate oil and gas projects on each others' continental shelves,

MOSCOW. Jan 16 (Interfax) - The Russian government will provide support to the plant assembling GAZ Group vehicles in Vietnam, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday at a government meeting. "The Russia-Vietnam joint venture assembling Russian GAZ vehicles in Da Nang will receive support," Mishustin said, without providing any details.

Russia is supporting Vietnam's potential entry into the BRICS group, despite Vietnam's hesitations over possible U.S. repercussions. Vietnam seeks to advance economic growth with U.S. backing, while Russia aims to strengthen Asian alliances amidst global isolation.

Vietnam continues to speed up administrative reforms, improve the investment environment and create favourable conditions for Russian businesses to expand here, says Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

HANOI: Vietnam continues to speed up administrative reforms, improve the investment environment and create favourable conditions for Russian businesses to expand here, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Hanoi is seeking to revive its nuclear programme in order to achieve energy self-sufficiency and meet its 2050 greenhouse gas emissions goals.

Vietnam and Russia have signed a new agreement to expand collaboration on nuclear energy during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's two-day visit to Hanoi

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Sarah Yager is Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. She worked on human rights under three U.S. presidents and from 2016 to 2018 served as the first Senior Adviser on Human Rights to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the U.

By bno - Bangkok bureau Russia has publicly endorsed Vietnam's aspirations to join the influential BRICS bloc, a move that could significantly bolster Hanoi's global standing and economic prospects. This support was articulated in a joint communique released following a visit by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to Vietnam,