MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to visit Vietnam but the exact dates of his visit are yet to be coordinated, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"The president has a standing invitation to visit Vietnam. The dates of such a visit are yet to be coordinated. Work along diplomatic channels will continue," he said, replying to a question on the matter.

According to the Vietnamnet online news outlet under the auspices of the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications, Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, in a phone conversation with Putin invited him to visit the country with an official visit and the Russian leader accepted the invitation.