ON THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE VIETNAM IN THE FIELD OF
DEFENSE








HANOI, March 1.  (Approx. special RIA " Novosti " Marianna
Chatikhina).  Russia and Vietnam will reinforce their co-operation in
the field of defense, and this in the interest of the two States,
reads one in the text of the Declaration on the partnership strategic
between Russia and Vietnam signee today has Hanoi by the presidents of
the two countries, Vladimir Poutine and Tran Duc Luong.  This
co-operation is not dirigee against third countries, underlines the
text of the document.

In their reports/ratios, Russia and Vietnam start from their
Cooperation agreement, by declarant the necessite search for means
making it possible to extend the co-operation economic and political,
known as the text of the Declaration.