The National Archives Centre III under the State Records and Archives Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs has made public a book on the relations between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union (now Russia).

Construction of the expanded Hoa Binh hydropower plant began in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on January 10, with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending the ground-breaking ceremony.

Valuable documents and objects demonstrating military cooperation between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union (now Russia) during the Southeast Asian nation’s struggle for national liberation are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Saint Petersburg on September 17.

The traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia, and Tri An Hydropower Plant – a landmark in the bilateral relationship – were highlighted at a meeting in the southern province of Dong Nai on June 18.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has suggested that Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should tighten and consolidate judicial cooperation in the time ahead.

It is the courage and resolve of soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army that contributed to the victory of the northern border defence war in Vietnam 40 years ago (February 17), said Russian Major General Viktor Demyanenko.

Lieut. Gen Porfiry Ivashko, one of the first experts and advisors of the former Soviet Union (now Russia) sent to Vietnam right after the northern border defence war began in the country 40 years ago (February 17, 1979), has asserted the just struggle of Vietnamese people.

Right after his arrival in Minsk on June 26, President Tran Dai Quang met representatives of the Belarus-Vietnam Friendship Association (BVFA) and Belarusian veterans who helped Vietnam in wartime.