Participants of the symposium (Photo: dangcongsan.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Russian October Revolution has laid an essentialfoundation for the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam andRussia, heard an international symposium in Hanoi on November 23-24.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son, President of Vietnam National University,Hanoi (VNU), said the Russian October Revolution shone a new light on Vietnam’sstruggle for liberation.
He highlighted valuable contributions made by people of the former SovietUnion, present-day Russia, to Vietnam’s initial achievements inindustrialisation, modernisation and national defence over the past 70 years.
Praising the support of the former Soviet Union in the past and Russia todayfor Vietnam’s education sector, Son said since 1950, the former Soviet Unionand Russia have trained hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese lecturers andresearchers, with hundreds of them working for VNU.
Other reports delivered at the event focused on the Russian OctoberRevolution’s impacts on historical events in Southeast Asia and the journey ofNguyen Ai Quoc, an alias of PresidentHo Chi Minh, in Russia from 1923-1924.
The symposium, which was jointly held by VNU and the Russian Centre for Scienceand Culture, is expected to deepen the traditional friendship and mutualunderstanding between Russian and Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular,said Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son.-VNA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son, President of Vietnam National University,Hanoi (VNU), said the Russian October Revolution shone a new light on Vietnam’sstruggle for liberation.
He highlighted valuable contributions made by people of the former SovietUnion, present-day Russia, to Vietnam’s initial achievements inindustrialisation, modernisation and national defence over the past 70 years.
Praising the support of the former Soviet Union in the past and Russia todayfor Vietnam’s education sector, Son said since 1950, the former Soviet Unionand Russia have trained hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese lecturers andresearchers, with hundreds of them working for VNU.
Other reports delivered at the event focused on the Russian OctoberRevolution’s impacts on historical events in Southeast Asia and the journey ofNguyen Ai Quoc, an alias of PresidentHo Chi Minh, in Russia from 1923-1924.
The symposium, which was jointly held by VNU and the Russian Centre for Scienceand Culture, is expected to deepen the traditional friendship and mutualunderstanding between Russian and Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular,said Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son.-VNA
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