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The welcoming ceremony is held at 10 a.m at the Presidential Palace. After the ceremony, President Putin will hold talks with State President Nguyen Minh Triet and witness the signing of some documents in the afternoon. President Putin will also meet with Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong. Accompanying President Vladimir Putin are Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov Sergey Victorovic, assistant to the President Prikhodko Sergey Eduardovich, Russian ambassador to Vietnam Serafimov Vadim Vichtorovich, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Gref German Oskarovich, director of the Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitriev Mikhail Arkadievich, Chairman of the International Relations Committee in the State Duma Kosachev Konstantin Iosifovich, President Republic of Kalmykia Ilyumzhinov Kirsan Nikolaevich, Governor of Yaroslavl Province Lisitsyn Anatoli Ivanovich, Head of the Federal … [Read more...] about Russian President Vladimir Putin pays official visit to Vietnam

(VOVworld)- Voice of Vietnam Radio, Friendship Associations of Vietnam and Russia and the Public Security Publishing House have released a book by Aleksandr Putin entitled “Family clan of President V.V. Putin". The book, translated by 3 Vietnamese translators who have been VOV collaborators for years, features the farmer family past of the Putin family clan as well as Russia’s history over the past 4 centuries. Director of Voice of Vietnam's Overseas Service, Nguyen Tien Long, spoke at the launching ceremony in Hanoi on Thursday:"We have seen scores of books about President Putin translated into Vietnamese. This is the only book about the President's family clan by one of the family members, Aleksandr Putin, featuring the development of a clan with connections to different stages of Russia’s history and customs. The book is a valuable moral and cultural gift to deepen traditional friendship relations between Vietnam and Russia." The book was a concise version of a … [Read more...] about “Family clan of President Vladimir Putin” book released

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country's athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme. Putin was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission revealed its damning findings on Monday. He said he wanted "professional co-operation" with anti-doping bodies. "The battle must be open," said Putin. "A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest." Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko had earlier said Britain's anti-doping system had "zero value" and was "even worse" than Russia's. That accusation was rejected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Putin spoke only about the issues affecting Russia, saying someone must take responsibility should problems be found. "I ask the minister of sport and all our colleagues who are linked in one way or another with sport to pay this issue the greatest possible attention," he said, before a meeting with sports officials in the … [Read more...] about Vladimir Putin: Russian president wants doping investigation