Moscow (VNA) – FirstSecretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee Le QuocPhong held talks with head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Youth Affairs AleksanderBugaev in Moscow on September 24.

Phong, who is also Chairman of the NationalCommittee on Youth of Vietnam, is leading a delegation of Vietnamese youths to the2019 Russia-Vietnam Youth Forum to welcome the Vietnam Year in Russia and theRussia Year in Vietnam.

At the talks, the two sides examined issuesin youth cooperation between the two countries and their interactive mechanisms.

Phong affirmed that the visit of theVietnamese delegation this time will greatly contribute to youth cooperation inparticular and the bilateral relations in general.

The sides will exchange experience andidentify main fields of cooperation during the Russia-Vietnam Youth Forum, henoted.

The same day, the Vietnamese delegationpaid a visit to the Embassy of Vietnam in Russia. At the meeting, Phong spokehighly of the support of the Embassy for Vietnamese students in Russia.

On September 25, the delegation met withAlexander Varfolomeev, deputy head of the policy committee of the FederationCouncil of Russia.

The Russian official noted that theRussia-Vietnam parliamentary ties have been fostered in more than 60 years andcooperation in this sphere is thriving, thereby consolidating the bilateralpolitical, trade and economic ties.

He also reiterated that it is necessary toorganise regular meetings between young parliamentarians of the countries./.