OREANDA-NEWS Moscow and Hanoi will continue to create favorable conditions for the implementation of joint oil and gas projects in Russia and on the Vietnamese continental shelf, according to a joint communique following the visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to Vietnam.

"The parties agreed to continue creating favorable conditions for the implementation of joint oil and gas projects in the Russian Federation and on the Vietnamese continental shelf, in accordance with the laws of the two countries and international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," the document says.