MOSCOW, September 9 (HS/RIA Novosti) - Russia and Vietnam signed 17 documents during Vietnamese President To Lam’s state visit to Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Wednesday.

The documents include a memorandum of understanding between the Russian Economic Development Ministry and the Vietnamese Finance Ministry on strengthening cooperation to promote investment.

The justice ministries of both countries signed a MoU on the digitalization of justice authorities. The Vietnamese Construction Ministry signed two documents with Russia’s Maritime Board and Transport Ministry. Another agreement was signed between Russia’s Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs and Vietnam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.

Russia and Vietnam agreed to step up multimodal rail and sea cargo shipments between Vietnam, China and Russia, according to a joint statement by President Vladimir Putin and To Lam.

We have agreed to intensify multimodal transportation of various goods by rail and sea between Vietnam, China and Russia, the statement read.

The two countries also agreed to explore opportunities for unlocking the Transarctic Transport Corridor and overhauling Vietnam's power grid.

The parties will continue to study the possibilities of attracting Russian organizations to modernize existing power plants in Vietnam and to build new generating capacities, including offshore wind farms, the text read.

Putin and To Lam held talks at the Kremlin on Wednesday. The Vietnamese leader is in Russia on a state visit.

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