Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Russian Minister of Energy Sergey Tsivilev in Kazan (Russia) on October 23, stressing energy and oil-gas cooperation as an important pillar of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

PM Chinh, who is in Russia to attend the expanded BRICS Summit, asked Minister Tsivilev to further support the bilateral energy and oil-gas cooperation, work to facilitate the operations of Vietnamese and Russian businesses in each other's territory, and back the resumption and expansion of cooperation in training workforce for Vietnam in the fields of energy, and oil and gas.

The PM also proposed the two sides to implement cooperation in other fields such as digital transformation, green transition and circular economy.

Minister Tsivilev affirmed that the Russian Government and the Ministry of Energy appreciate the Vietnam-Russia cooperation, and hope for more cooperation projects in new areas in the future, meeting the development needs of each country in such areas as climate change, energy transition, and the use of green energy, clean energy, and atomic energy for peaceful purposes.