Moscow, July 8 -- Strengthening investment, trade and tourism cooperation between Vietnam's Quang Ninh province and Sverdlovsk oblast, Ural Federal District of Russia, was the focus of a promotion conference held in Yekaterinburg on July 7. Ilya Skidin, head of international and foreign economic relations of the Sverdlovsk oblast government, said residents of Ural Federal District have shown strong interest in Vietnamese tourist destinations, particularly Quang Ninh province. Although the event coincided with INNOPROM, Russia's largest international industrial exhibition, it attracted around 30 local businesses, government officials, representatives of the small and medium business association and the tourism association of the oblast. Th...