VIETNAM: PUTIN ON STATE VISIT

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the final day of his three-day visit to Vietnam, the first by a Russian or Soviet leader despite a half-century of diplomatic ties.

Putin's trip was widely lauded by Vietnamese leaders and the state-controlled press, but has drawn only muted public interest.

Vietnam is the second leg of Putin's Asian tour, a trip aimed at boosting Russian influence in the region.

The Soviet Union was Vietnam's mainstay during the Vietnam War, supplying military and economic assistance to Communist North Vietnam, but relations have been strained since the collapse of the Soviet Union a decade ago.

During his earlier stop in South Korea, Putin gained the support of South Korea in criticizing U-S plans for a missile defense system.

Russia says the system could re-ignite nuclear competition.

Putin is expected to easily gain Hanoi's support, as well, since Vietnam has publicly opposed the plan.

On Thursday Putin and Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong agreed to promote a strategic partnership.

Economic and trade ties are also expected to get a major boost, since bilateral trade volume totaled only 363 million (U-S) dollars in 2000.

Russia currently ranks eighth among foreign investors in Vietnam.

On Friday Putin laid a wreath at the Monument to Fallen Heroes and another wreath at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.

He then met Vietnamese Communist Party leader Le Kha Phieu.

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