The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Russia, Vietnam leaders meet to bolster traditional friendly tiesHANOI - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Vietnamese President To Lam in Hanoi on Thursday to bolster the two countries' traditional friendly ties amid Western sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine.Putin told Lam, Vietnam's No. 2, that "Russia attaches much significance to the development of dialogue with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations," of which Vietnam is a leading member, according to Russia's state-run Tass ne…READ FULL ARTICLE