Lokshin Grigory

Political cooperation of Russia and Vietnam

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2014, №25, 55-63

 
Annotation: The author examines the problems of Russia – Vietnam strategic partnership, stressing that today the Russian-Vietnamese relations are a significant factor of peace and stability in the South-East Asia as well as in the Asia –Pacific. Its international importance has grown especially after the Declaration on strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was signed in 2001. In June 2012 the parties decided to upgrade the status of the relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership”.

Keywords: VIETNAM, USSR, RUSSIA, COOPERATION, HISTORY