Hanoi, Feb. 25 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for closer cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Russian news agency TASS while receiving TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov in Hanoi on February 25. Welcoming the TASS delegation on their working visit to Vietnam at the invitation of VNA, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam consistently attaches importance to and seeks to further strengthen its traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia across all fields, for the shared benefit of both peoples and for stability, collaboration and development in the region and the world. He noted that both countries are entering a new era of development, with their leaders and people having chosen t...