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Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Foundation Grigory Trofimchuk (R) (Photo: VNA)    Moscow (VNA) – Russian experts and scholars have expressed their optimism about the prospects of Vietnam – Russia bilateral ties, on the occasion of the ongoing Russia visit by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Under the article “Russia and Vietnam together celebrate memorable events” published by the “Independence” newspaper on December 8, Vietnamese studies expert Evgheni Kobelev from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Far Eastern Studies highlighted that Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia to establish strategic partnership with Russia and the Decree dated May 7, 2012 by Russian President Vladimir Putin takes Vietnam as one of the three most important partners of Russia in Asia, along with China and India. Vietnam and Russia also set the target of raising the number of Russian … [Read more...] about Russian scholars optimistic about Vietnam – Russia ties

(Photo: Kim Dong Publishing House) Hanoi (VNA) – The Kim Dong Publishing House has released a pictorial book series written by Russian authors to mark the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Year and the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Year in 2019. The publication is also intended to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations in the next year. The series, created by Vitali Bianki and Vladimia Sevchenko, is based on a journey of two elephants which were Vietnam’s gift to Saint Petersburg city of Russia in 1954. The elephants have become a symbol of friendship and solidarity between the two nations, which was fostered by late President Ho Chi Minh./.  VNA … [Read more...] about Book on 70th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia ties launched

The book, authored by two Russians Vitali Bianki and Vladimia Sevchenko, features a long journey from Vietnam to Russia of two elephants, namely Xung and Cung. At the ceremony to introduce the book They both were born in 1907 in Vietnam and experienced various historical periods of the country, including the national resistance wars for national independence, freedom and reunification. In 1954, the two elephants were sent to the Soviet Union as a gift from President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese Government to the people of Leningrad city (currently Saint Petersburg). They were then considered a symbol of the longstanding friendship and strong solidarity between the two peoples. The book has been translated into Vietnamese by Vietnamese translators Nguyen Quoc Hung and Nguyen Thuy Anh to help the Vietnamese people know more about the interesting story occurred half a century ago. Translated by Khanh Ngan … [Read more...] about Book launched to mark Vietnam – Russia diplomatic ties

Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh and Laos’s northeastern province of Houaphanh agreed to enhance ties based on mutual respect and rights in line with the two nations’ policies and international conditions. The agreement was made during a meeting between authorities of the localities in Hoa Binh on January 31. At the meeting The leaders of the two provinces informed each other of the results of Vietnam’s 12th National Party Congress, the eighth Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and socio-economic development in each locality in 2015. Hoa Binh province’s economy is growing at an average pace of 10.3 percent per year. Its strengths are in agro-forestry, building materials and eco-tourism. Meanwhile, Houaphanh province has great potential to develop hydropower plants, mineral exploitation, industrial trees and animal husbandry. Being a resistance base of the two countries during wars against the US, Houaphanh province has a … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh, Laos’s Houaphanh provincea step up friendship relations

 Photo for illustration: TPO Addressing the opening ceremony, Senior Colonel Nguyen Xuan Hai, Head of the board, emphasized the enhancement and expansion of cooperative ties between the two militaries and peoples in different fields, especially military-defense. The two militaries’ regular exchanges and experience sharing on trade union work and related activities have also seen much development. The Vietnamese officer said that the training course opens up a chance for the two sides to exchange experiences in organizing trade union activities, to improve abilities of trade union cadres, contributing to the development of each army and to the fulfillment of national construction and protection of each country. For nearly one month, the Lao trainees will be provided with knowledge on eight subjects, and have fact-finding trips to several grassroots-level trade unions of the Vietnam People’s Army. Also at the ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Duong may, Deputy Head of the … [Read more...] about Training course opened for Lao trade union cadres