The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media (MCMM) issued its stamp of approval after reaching final agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Security Service (FSB) on a few snags holding up the deal.
The MCMM will sign the deal after reaching agreement with Vietnam.
The new agreement is expected to broadly bolster cooperation in communication, IT and mass media between the two nations and have far reaching positive effects on radio and television programming.
Among its many provisions, Vietnam and Russia will more regularly exchange radio and television programming and share state-of-the-art satellite technologies.
It will be valid in five years, replacing the existing agreement, which has been in effect since September 15, 1994.
