VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Russia has deepened Vietnam-Russia relations; Leaders from different countries and international organisations have paid great attention to dealing with climate change and sea level rise in Vietnam. 
On December 19, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his delegation arrived in Hanoi, successfully concluding their working visit to Russia and attendance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mr Dung’s visit to Russia has helped to tighten the fraternal friendship and promote Vietnam-Russian cooperation as well as the strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, along with positive proposals to protect the earth’s climate system, PM Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed Vietnam’s strong commitment to performing its responsibility in the fight against climate change.
Solid foundation for developing strategic partnership
Both Government leaders showed their great determination to enhance the strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation by accelerating negotiations on an agreement for a bilateral free trade area soon so as to raise two-way trade turnover to US$10 billion in the future. The two sides will also push for the establishment of a Vietnam-Russia International University in Vietnam. In the next academic year, the Russian Government will provide Vietnamese students with 300 scholarships annually for training in Russia.
Businesses from both countries have signed a number of agreements to expand bilateral cooperation in traditional areas such as oil and gas, mining, electrical energy, science, and technology.
The Vice President of the Gazprom Group, Alexander Geogevic, said, “We are ready for a new phase of development. We signed an agreement on strategic cooperation in oil and gas exploitation with the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group and want to expand cooperation in processing, scientific research and human resources training.
In the spirit of mutual trust and assistance, Vietnam and Russia will step up strategic cooperation in atomic energy, the oil industry and military techniques.
During Mr Dung’s visit, Vietnam agreed to purchase submarines, planes and military technical equipment from Russia and officially invited the country to help Vietnam build its first nuclear power plant.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son affirmed that PM Dung’s visit was a greater success than expected and represents an important milestone in the strategic cooperation and fraternal friendship between Vietnam and Russia.
Joining hands in the fight against climate change
After visiting the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the government delegation attended the World Conference on Climate Change held in the Danish capital of Copenhagen together with nearly 120 other world leaders.
Vietnam, which provides one fifth of the world’s rice exports, is one of the five countries most vulnerable to climate change, so the conference organizers arranged for PM Dung to be among the first 10 world leaders to deliver speeches at the discussion session of the event.
Mr Dung’s speech received agreement, support and high praise from the international community. He called for joint responsibility for climate change, emphasizing that developed countries should take more responsibility than poor and developing countries and aim to ensure sustainable development worldwide.
World leaders paid attention to Mr Dung’s speech as Vietnam is one of the 50 countries that took the initiative in building a national programme to deal with climate change and the rising sea level. Many countries have expressed their wish that Vietnam will work as a bridge between developing and developed countries to unify opinions for long-term cooperation.
Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen said that Vietnam held an event on the sidelines of the conference to introduce its specific projects in its national programme to tackle climate change and sea level rise.
PM Dung and leaders of Vietnamese ministries had over 30 bilateral meetings with their counterparts from other nations, most of them affirmed that no matter what the results of the conference are, Vietnam should be considered high priority for receiving support to combat climate change and rising sea levels.
VNN/VOV
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