Hanoi, Feb. 24 -- A delegation from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), led by General Director Vu Viet Trang, held talks in Hanoi on February 24 with a visiting delegation from the Russian news agency TASS, headed by Director General Andrey Kondrashov.

Welcoming the Russian delegation at VNA headquarters, Trang described TASS as a major news agency with more than 120 years of tradition and a strong standing in the international media landscape, noting its close relationship with VNA. She said the visit was a result of a meeting between the two agencies' leaders in China in December last year on the sidelines of the 57th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).

Reviewing the history of cooperation sin...