Russian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Timur Sadykov (Photo: Xuan Khu/VNA)

Sadykov added Russia considers relationship between Vietnamese and Russian localities an important factor in bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.

Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan and Moscow capital expressed their interest in establishing cooperative ties with Thu Duc city in Ho Chi Minh City in the fields of hi-tech, science and education.

In the near future, the Russian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will work to boost ties between the Republic of Mordovia and Can Tho city, Kursk province and Ninh Binh province, Svedlovsk province and Dong  Nai province, and the Republic of Tatarstan and Kien Giang province.

The Consul General lauded ties between Ho Chi Minh City and Saint Petersburg city as an outstanding model of locality-to-locality cooperation between Russia and Vietnam.