The two men signed agreements on Thursday to further cooperation on education, science and technology, oil and gas exploration and health. They also agreed to work on a road map for a nuclear science and technology centre in Vietnam. He arrived in the country from North Korea, where he signed a bilateral defence agreement with the nation's Supreme leader Kin Jong Un on Wednesday, enhancing relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.
"Russia is signalling that it is not isolated in Asia despite the Ukraine war, and Vietnam is reinforcing a key traditional relationship even as it also diversifies ties with newer partners." — Prashanth Parameswaran, a fellow with the Wilson Center's Asia Program. Earlier this week, the US embassy in Vietnam hit back at the Russian president's visit, saying no country should be providing a platform for him to promote his war against Ukraine.