The sides have completed an exchange of preferential import data for 2017-2025 to assess implementation of their free trade agreement. Vietnam requested removal of trigger safeguard measures on textiles and wider Russian market access for seafood.
The Eurasian side said it would consider the proposals while raising the need for more balanced trade. The meeting did not announce approval of Vietnam's requests.
Ministry figures put bilateral trade at approximately $4.3 billion in the first seven months of 2026, up 21.5% year on year. The parties also agreed to consider convening the sixth meeting of the FTA implementation joint committee at an appropriate time.