On 21 during his working trip to Hanoi, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Truong Thanh Hoaim where he said that the current trade turnover is rather modest and there are resources for its increase in particular in such spheres as oil refinery, power industry, machine-building, IT and high technologies.
On 21 March, speaking at his meeting with the Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said: “ The aim of our visit is to expand trade, economic, scientific, technological and cultural cooperation with your country and in particular with the City of Hanoi.”
On 21 March, speaking at a meeting of a round table Tatarstan-Hanoi, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came on a working trip to Vietnam, thanked the leadership of the country and the administration of the city for their hospitality and having organized comfortable stay of a delegation from Tatarstan.
On 21 March upon his arrival on a working trip to Hanoi, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov went to the Ho Shi Min Mausoleum and laid flowers there to pay tribute to the First President of North Vietnam.