Putin departs Hanoi after bolstering ties with Vietnam
President Putin departed Hanoi on Thursday night following an official visit to the Southeast Asian nation, part of a twonation trip to Asia seen as show of defiance to the West. Putin s visit has drawn criticism from the United States and its allies, who treat the Russian leader as a pariah and have protested that he should not be given a stage on which to defend Russia s war in Ukraine. Russia and Vietnam signed agreements on issues including energy, underlining Moscow s pivot to Asia after the West imposed sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: , vietnam, putin, russia , hanoi
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