in the oil and gas projects in both vietnam and russia. and we also as parser cooperates in third countries as well. now we're also boosting our cooperation in the investments and economies fair. in vietnam. and i would like to see more russian investments in this economy. and the parties have taken a closer look. at the possibility of creating a free trade zone between vietnam and russia and the customs union that russia is a member of. i. would also like. to see a train trade turnover to reach three billion three billion dollars by two thousand and sixteen so there is a great potential for cooperation and we're also boasting cooperation in the sphere of politics and security. russia is a very important partner of ours in this here and there are also very many spheres where we can cooperate. include in this sphere of science and technology medicine and health care. and have made many important agreements today. and i would like once again. to underline our high appreciation of mr medvedev spares a top country. and we are grateful to russia

of the current relations between russia and vietnam since our countries have established such as a partnership relations in two thousand and five and. thank you michael . well i would like to be the first harasser shipley's member. bit numb and russia have always been very warm friendly relations. those relations have been of strategic nature since long ago and. it will work. very. well but only recently we established official strategic relations and diversity as those relations have been developing steadily this shows first of all we have a high level of confidence and trust that characterizes our relations. very highly thinks of russia's role in the regional and international global policy and it. is committed to developing relations with russia in many of years. and the e.u. also we have also seen positive response on russia's parts to our initiatives there have been many. state level visits you may need documents have been signed and many important projects have been implemented especially in the oil and gas here. where also broadening our cooperation in the oil and gas share in russia in

now almost half a century ago north and south vietnam were divided between russia and the u.s. now this year vietnam is host of c.n.n. and both of the countries are invited to think there's any symbolic meaning for this. us here because they buy a lot or buy a lot or a logic to the logical the cold war is. over come over and over came knowledge and the international arena. is also. trying to diversify to its international relations. normalized its diplomatic ties with the united states in the early ninety's in the early nineteen years and i think that that both contrary russia and the united states are present here. meeting in vietnam and can. normally discuss the project. multilateral meaning it is a good sign also a symbolic one thing all right major expert at catherine a cold and over from the moscow state university of international relations thank you. well a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports that twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow georgian officials have so far refused to confirm or deny any parts of the story bu

power play for russia to build vietnam's first ever. feel closer links as president. of asian nations. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. and a funny business poll shows the most trusted opinion in the u.s. says a t.v. comedian called president obama doesn't even make the top twenty. a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from moscow southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is out the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working in space. to reports from hanoi. it has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and some it's a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very good potential show

capital you're watching r t m or even joshua welcome southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is at the material ready for talks of everything from managing security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space and which are many beautiful use his two day trip to hold separate talks with the host nation as a close ally from saudi times and trade between moscow and how the way is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important and deal to construct a first nuclear power plant as artie's marie ivanovna reports it's something the socialist republics counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cooled while times but it's not the case vietnamese more than its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone.

of moscow this is our welcome to the program southeast asia as a top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is. ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space. will use his two day trip. talks with the host nation. is a close ally from soviet time and trade between moscow and hanoi is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and. reports it's something the socialist republic is counting on. in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cool times but it's not the case.

money big companies are flowing to vietnam bringing millions of dollars of investment which is a good sign of healthy relations. but the biggest venture is still ahead russia has to build vietnam's first atomic power plant it took several years for georgia some environmentalists to find the right place here in vietnam to build the country's first nuclear plant they turned the central province haiti's locals call it the land of sand and so on. there is no rain here now it's raining but it's for the first time in the last few months and as a result few people live in here and that makes it an almost ideal place for a future project and the plans include a power stations within the next two decades we think the first unit we launched by twenty twenty it will provide us with cheap and safe energy to meet up to fifteen percent of the rise on demand local people welcome the idea of their region which is among the poorest in the country becoming vietnam's and edgy powerhouse communities here have traditionally been dependent on fishing and dries growing but now they sense a brighter future. infrastructure and give us opportunities i think one day my children coul

vietnam these deal for me is a greater. independence in the villages fear and as well as a. means for. reviving its traditional economic relations with russia. so i think that. the construction of atomic power plant in vietnam will over national interests of both countries for russia will it will be. an important and important step towards. more belies in the. potential of us for the sake of its own economic development and for it will be. very. very and an excellent. excellent step towards. an a g independence miter and i'm add at this point there is no commercial nuclear power plant in southeast asia. so how could this affect the balance of economic power in the region. or will i think there. were no the most important features of these visit of president medvedev speech that. is the comeback of russia to the region in the various meanings of these words i mean. there is a revival of russians we cannot russia's economic positions in the sphere of energy in the sphere of. disaster prevention in this sphere of information exchange in the sphere of construction what is doctrine and so on and so forth so i think there. are these deals. should

powerplay plans for russia to build vietnam's first ever nuclear plant fuel closer links and that's us president medvedev as an on away for a summit of asian nations. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. and funny business a poll shows the most trusted opinion maker in the u.s. as a t.v. comedian while president obama doesn't even make the top twenty. four to ninety coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam and russia's president is at the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space we will use his two day trip to hold separate talks with a host nation we have now is a close ally from the soviet times and trade between moscow and highway it's already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed of on the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as ar

the region is very interested in keeping up ties with russia vietnam specifically has had ties with dating back to the soviet union and as times change vietnam gains its independence the soviet union became russia those ties not only change but they grow and develop according to both leaders and this is something they want to continue they want to continue seeing russia actively involved in the asia pacific region with the asia pacific countries and russia it seems shares that sentiment all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from yet means capital where. i want you live from moscow on the way for you brazil looks for and. as a president with record breaking popularity bows out we hear from the community speak lifted out of poverty. russia and the u.s. are celebrating their first joint victory in the war in afghanistan's opium trade on thursday their operative destroyed for drug producing labs in. country and seized a ton of heroin afghan president hamid karzai has denounced the operation saying it violates his country's sovereignty but russian officials say they

russia will build a vietnam's first ever nuclear energy plant in a bid to further economic cooperation. the deal was during president macgregor first visit there finally for all the details of the trip there without. also in this week's top stories a fresh rift georgia allegedly arrests a network of twenty gathering classified information for russia but to police it keeps tight lipped about the claims. and russia and the us reach a united success as the first joint operation destroys four drug labs in afghanistan . ten pm here in the russian capital you're watching our t.v. and welcome to the program now russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant dimitri medvedev said the deal will help vietnam develop as a powerful independent and modern state the russian president's visit to hanoi comes as moscow looks for closer cooperation with southeast asian countries that he does a lot of our reports from the vietnamese capital. many deals were signed today during the russian president's official visit to one noise but this is perhaps the most important this deal is said to be wo

empowering asia russia rubberstamp the deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear energy plant for the agreement came as president medvedev attended a summit of the southeast asian nation. operation top secret georgia refuses to comment on reports its rounded ring of twenty five allegedly gathering classified information for russia. and afghan opium producing labs are destroyed as russian the u.s. hold their first joint crackdown of the world's largest three. among the week's main stories saddam hussein's deputy faces death for crimes against humanity we'll look at whether the verdict was a time to divert attention from wiki leaks exposé of torture and killings in iraq the washington watch. or welcome to the weekly this sunday here on archie how many say now with the latest in a look back at the week's top stories first it's been confirmed that russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant the deal was signed us president needs major visits hanoi and moscow works for closer cooperation but south east asian countries the region is one of the world's economic powerhouses but

coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant dmitri medvedev said the deal will help vietnam develop as a powerful independent and modern state of the russian president's visit to. moscow looks for closer cooperation with southeast asian countries. of our reports from the vietnamese capital. many deals were assigned today during the russian president's official visit to one noyo but this deal is perhaps the most important and this deal is said to be worth over five billion u.s. dollars and will certainly help vietnam establish stability in its energy sector vietnam of course suffers from a lot of blackouts a lot of electricity shortage it helps president himself said help the country stablish itself within the twenty first century world.

russia seals the deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant in a bid to boost the country's economic growth. the deal was during president invade the first of the show visit to one only for all the details of the trip stay with arts and. also on our t.v. fresh tensions flare as georgia reportedly boss the spy network gathering information for russia but to d.c. refuses to confirm or deny the claims. and success of the russian the u.s. destroyer for drug labs on their first ever joint operation in afghanistan. or welcome to the weekly here in r t this sunday i mean you see now with the latest in a look back at the week's top stories first russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant to meet the needs major said the deal will help vietnam develop as a powerful independent and modern state the russian president's visit to noise comes as moscow looks for closer cooperation with south south east asian countries let's get more now from katrina czar who joins us live from the vietnamese kept vietnamese i should say capital tell us more about the significance of this a

russia signs a multibillion dollar deal the power of vietnam's economic ambition to the meeting and sees moscow a good deal to build the country's first atomic plant and. u.s. and russia joined forces for the first time to wipe out drug labs and more than two hundred million dollars worth of heroin in afghanistan the operation came as a result of an increased pressure from moscow to block the flow when entering iraq through. a spy scandal brewing after reports georgia has detained twenty members of the legend of washington. police who have refused to either confirm or deny the claim. voted in brazil's first female president pledging to continue the outgoing leader's anti-poverty policy as she beat opposition rival forces said you know the second round of. let's now take a look at what's happening in the world of sports with kate. hello welcome to the sports news point here the headlines marching on alexander could recall scores a senate win three now it's time to align your care six points clear at the top of the russian premier league. ball moving up a little gravel like one mill when i

the latest news and this week stop stories on our team russia seals the deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant in a bid to help the country develop as an independent and modern state. visits had to be cooperation with. fresh tensions flare as georgia has reportedly arrested a network of twenty people all georgians for spying for russia to see has refused to either confirm or deny. the first ever joint us russian drug czar. has been hailed a success forces have destroyed four drug labs that accomplice stated a ton of worth over two hundred million dollars. let's take a look at what's happening in the world of sports with kate. hello welcome to the sports news page here the headlines marching on alexander could recall scores as senate win three now it's time to catch six points clear at the top of the russian premier league. ball moving up a little gravel late one nil when it falls into rice six places to twelve in the english premier league. last lowest and highest mccall you she loses the final of the st petersburg open but kim clijsters triumphs into. the start was vo

russia seals the deal to build vietnam first ever nuclear power plant in a bid to boost the country's economic growth. the deal was during president invaded first official visit there i know it for all the details of the trip they would actually. also we're taking a look at this week's top stories and fresh tensions flare as georgia reportedly foster a spy network gathering information for russia to be nice he refuses to confirm or deny the claims. and success in unity russian big u.s. destroyed for drug labs on their first ever joint operation in afghanistan. at seven pm in moscow and this is the weekly with me and he said now why thanks for being with us first stop russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant to me through trade have said the deal will help vietnam develop as a powerful independent and modern state the russian president's visit to hanoi it comes as moscow looks for closer cooperation with southeast asian countries capturing those are the reports from the vietnamese capital. many deals were assigned today during the russian president's official visit to

empowering asia robert russia rubber stamps a deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear energy plan plea agreement came as president medvedev attended a summit of southeast asian nations. operation top secret georgia refuses to comment on reports it's rounded up a ring of twenty spies allegedly gathering classified information for russia. afghan opium producing labs are destroyed as russia and the u.s. hold their first joint down the world's largest arrowing factory. and among the week's main stories acid on the saints' deputy faces death prime's against humanity you look at whether the verdict was trying to divert attention from we can leaks exposé of torture and killings in iraq under washington's watch. it's three pm in moscow you're watching the weekly with me a nice now way now it's been confirmed that russia will build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant the deal was signed us president medvedev visits one oil and moscow looks for closer cooperation with southeast asian countries region is one of the world's economic powerhouses but needs to modernize its energy supply to

stories on russia seals the deal to build a vietnam's first ever nuclear. state. georgia. georgia for spying for russia. to either confirm or deny. drugs. a success forces have destroyed. over two hundred million dollars. now the u.s. over estimates the threat of terrorism and therefore squanders billions of dollars on military operations abroad well that's according to the war activist a blogger and author tom engelhardt who's been speaking to r.t. this interview is up next. or to sitting down with tom engelhardt tom dispatch dot com a blog described as a regular antidote to the mainstream media and author of the american way of war how bush's wars became obama's sir thank you for sitting down with us to be here i'd like us to start off by taking a look at the extent of the u.s. military presence throughout the world right now it's global.

the drug on its tail flying high twenty years on after the collapse of the soviet union russia is among vietnam's closest partners riven ocean r.t. vietnam. and on the sidelines of moscow and washington valid to continue talks on the u.s. missile defense shield program and a new european security plan russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton the two also praised the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan and agreed to go on with the fight against the narcotics threat on thursday russian and u.s. special forces conducted their first ever major joint operation against drug producers in the region they destroyed four. seized almost a ton. and still ahead for you this hour russia's new drink driving ban is. the country's shocking record of road but some say it's going too far plus. the high ranking a. little. more from the state of the art security hardware exhibition that's just taken place outside moscow. georgia and russia might be on the verge of another spy scandal as reports emerge of tbilisi detaining twenty people allegedly spyin

on or a pad group as a whole and specifically of course russia and vietnam have a very long history together of the russian president said in an article published in the local newspaper the russian stood by the vietnamese as they fought for their independence and they will continue just. down by the get means as a vietnam emerges as a strong economy into the twenty first century world arena still a lot of interest a lot of financial benefits and that is what leaders and russia perhaps is looking for here in hanoi. and on the sidelines of that summit moscow and washington involved to continue talks on the u.s. missile defense shield program and new european security architecture russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton but she also praised the successful joint anti drug operation in afghanistan and agreed to go on with the fight against the narcotics threat on thursday russian and u.s. special forces conducted their first ever major joint operation against drug producers in their region they destroyed a full albums and seized almost a ton of

powering it up russia and vietnam signed a deal to build the country's first nuclear power plant. georgia refuses to go firm or deny claims that a busted network of twenty people were largely gathering secret information for russia. russia and the u.s. crackdown on afghanistan is opium producing labs in the first joint operation to tackle the world's heroin factory. and in the weeks and other main news here in our team saddam hussein's deputy faces down for crimes against humanity and we investigate whether the tariq aziz verdict was time to take the heat out of wiki leaks exposé of torture and killings which happened under washington's watch. and our team meets a palestinian boy forced chaffer bombs us to israeli soldiers await sentencing for using him as a human shield. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now it's been confirmed within the last hour that russia is to build good nouns first ever a nuclear power plant it comes as president medvedev took part in a summit of southeast asian nations

powerplay plans for russia to build vietnam's first ever nuclear plant fuel closer away that's as president again is and away for a summit of asian nations. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. and funny business a poll shows the most trusted opinion maker in the u.s. is a t.v. comedian and while president obama doesn't even make the top twenty. you're watching live from moscow have a name here marina jascha welcome to the program now russia's came to build on its historic links with southeast asia with the president in hanoi for the s.c.n. summit it's a meeting of the region's main nations retributive yet if we'll spend two days and yet now a close ally during saudia times trade levels are already at record highs between the nations and they'll be boosted with more than a dozen of new agreements among the most important is a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as artie's murray financial reports the socialist republic is counting on it. vietnam in the twenty first c

the latest news in this week's top stories here on r t russia seals the deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant in a bid to help the country develop as an independent and modern state with the agreement was signed asked to meet the madrid's or visit some noise to boost cooperation with the region. and other news french press i should say tensions flare as georgia has reported they arrested a network of twenty people all georgians for spying for russia to d.c. has refused to either confirm or deny those claims. and the first ever joint us russian anti drugs operations in afghanistan has been hailed a success forces have stored for drug labs and confiscated a ton of heroin worth over two hundred million dollars. when that starts he follows the quest for truth by the parents of an american soldier whose soldier whose death was blamed on drug abuse but turned out to be caused by medicine prescribed by his superior superiors that's next. with you. know it's. live in the long term. what was it like being on the base finally you know. i think so.

energy sector the agreement on the construction of an atomic power plant in vietnam demonstrates the specialties we have with russia. to do shows how much confidence we have in russia technology. continue working together in the oil and gas industry both in russia. is responsible for sixty percent of the world's g.d.p. and as the russian leader himself said today it is the strongest emerging economy in the world today russia of course wants a bigger role and it's a development in its ambitions because it has a lot of potential the russian leader he was very pleased about his visit from everything starting with the weather which he said was a reflection on how good the relationship between moscow and noise and weather here has been perfect blue skies very warm not too hot not too cold just pretty much perfect and of course his personal impressions he also spoke about his experience of vietnamese food saying that for some russians it might be a little too spicy but he actually prefers that way so it was a very pleasurable experience for him not only did he manage to take an experience he also met a grand so during a

russia's nuclear energy technology is in demand as president. in vietnam. another spy scandal on the horizon with reports claiming georgia has rounded up twenty members of the russian spy ring. and america chooses a political satirist. as the most influential man of the year putting their trust in comedians rather than politicians. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our t word is finally three o'clock in the morning and for those keeping track we have just set our clocks back one hour in russia so it is three o'clock for daylight savings time now and your headlines russia is expanding on well proven ties as it looks for closer cooperation with southeast asian countries the region is hungry for energy and russia seems ready to deliver it's already into an agreement to build a vietnam's first atomic power plant this and other deals as president medvedev visits the summit. has the details from hanoi. has been very productive like as many readers have said like most of the time it's a lot of work has already been done the russian presi

and the construction of an atomic power plant in vietnam demonstrates the special ties we have with russia and of course to do shows how much confidence we have in the russian technology. continue working together in the oil and gas industry both in russia. so a very significant deal and he says he just heard both the russian leader and his vietnamese counterpart underline course not the only deal many other agreements were signed. in the military more energy deals including. to build a hydro power plant a lot of basically deals signed today showing just how strong the partnership between moscow and honey is. in the. region why is the region so what tractor and vice versa. well as you probably know and. region is responsible for sixty percent of the world's g.d.p. and as the russian leader himself said today it is the strongest emerging economy in the world today russia of course is part of that region and wants a bigger role in its developing and its development and its ambitions because it has a lot of potential and according to the russian leaders and of course to the leaders which were

nice now with the latest news and this week's top stories in russia sealed the deal to build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant in a bid to help the country develop as an independent and modern state the agreement was signed as to be permitted to visit hanoi to boost cooperation with the region. press tensions flare as georgia house reportedly arrested a network of twenty people all georgians for spying for russia to b.c. has refused to either confirm or deny the claim. and the first ever joint us russian anti drugs operation in afghanistan has been help the sick sat's forces have destroyed four drug labs and confiscated a ton of heroin worth over two hundred million dollars. the us overestimates the threat of terrorism and therefore squanders billions of dollars on military operations abroad that's according to antiwar activist blogger and author tom engelhardt who's been speaking to r t his interview is up next. sitting down with tom engelhardt tom dispatch dot com a blog described as a regular antidote to the mainstream media and author of the american way of war how bush's wa

the drug got its tail flying high twenty years on after the collapse of the soviet union russia is among vietnam's closest partners riven ocean r.t. vietnam. and on the sidelines of that summit moscow washington valid to continue talks on the u.s. missile defense shield program and a new european security plan russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton to also praise the successful joint drug operation in afghanistan and agree to go on with the point against the narcotics threat on thursday russian and u.s. special forces conducted their first ever major joint operation against drug producers in the region destroyed four labs and seized almost a ton of heroin. and the former u.s. drug policy spokesman robert wiener says it's a shame that washington couldn't start solving the opium problem until russia forced it to act. unfortunate that it has taken this long to really come together with you there's going to reluctance in the united states to even go after the drug trade in afghanistan it's been a policy of the military to let it go and that's tragic

the drug got its tail flying high twenty years on after the collapse of the soviet union russia is among vietnam's places hotness. regional. and on the sidelines of that summit moscow and washington valdez to continue talks on the u.s. missile defense shield program and a new european security plan russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton to also praised the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan and agreed to go on with the fight against the narcotics threat on thursday russian and u.s. special forces conducted their first ever major joint operation against drug producers in the region they destroyed four labs and seized almost a ton of heroin. but the operation hasn't met with everyone's approval afghan president hamid karzai has criticised the joint mission for what he called a violation of his country's sovereignty he says afghanistan is committed to stopping the flow of narcotics but such operations should be carried out with the prior consent of the afghan government and still ahead for you this hour. russia's new drink driving