MOSCOW, November 14 / TASS /.  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will travel to Vietnam with an official visit on November 18-19, the Press service of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers reported on Wednesday.

"In Hanoi, the head of the Russian government will hold talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, will meet with the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the country, President Nguyen Phu Trong and Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan," the service said.

 "There are plans to discuss pressing issues of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation in trade, investment, industry and energy," it said. "The progress in implementing major joint infrastructure, high-tech, educational and humanitarian projects, including the holding of the Year of Russia in Vietnam in 2019 and the year of Vietnam in Russia in 2019."