Russian President Vladimir Putin signed 17 agreements with Vietnam Tuesday, including five related to energy, during a one-day visit to the country, according to dpa. The agreements between their respective state-owned companies, Petrovietnam and Rosneft, were on joint gas and oil exploration. "We have discussed detailed measures to boost comprehensive relations between Russia and Vietnam. We pay much attention to cooperation on trade," Putin said at the signing. Among Putin's delegation were executives of Rosneft, natural gas giant Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Neft, and Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom.
