Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan at a ceremony laying flowers in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh statue inSt. Peterburg State University (Source: VNA)

Moscow  (VNA) - Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen ThienNhan attended a workshop on late President Ho Chi Minh in St. Petersburg,Russia, on May 19 on the occasion of the 128th birthday of the Vietnamese leader and the 95th anniversary of his first visitto Russia.

In their speeches at the event, delegates from Ho Chi Minh City, central KhanhHoa province, and northern Hai Phong city of Vietnam, and those from St.Petersburg authority and the Ho Chi Minh Institute of St. Peterburg State Universityrecalled President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to seek for the path for national salvation.

 They highlighted theevent 95 years ago as President Ho Chi Minh visited Russia, which laid afoundation for the friendship between Vietnam and Russia.

Participant stressed Ho Chi Minh's ideology and its value.

Thesame day, the Vietnamese official visited St.Peterburg State University.

During a meeting with Director of St. Peterburg StateUniversity Nikolay Mikhaylovich Kropachev, Nhan spoke highly of successes madeby the educational institution in training, and thanked St. Petersburg’sauthority in general and the university in particular for  their remarkablecontributions to training thousands of Vietnamese personnel.  

He appreciated the important role played by the director inproactively establishing the Ho Chi Minh Institute - the only researchinstitute on President Ho Chi Minh outside Vietnam.

Despite differences in socio-economic conditions, Russia andVietnam have always considered education as the top priority in theirdevelopment strategy, Nhan stressed, noting that strengths in the training ofbasic and application science such information technology, and health of theuniversity are also the areas that HCM City is interested in.

He expressed his belief that on the basis of the newly-signed cooperationroadmap in 2018-2020 between HCM City and St. Petersburg, the two sides’education link will be a highlight and pillar of their cooperation in thefuture.

For his part, Kropachev hoped to promote collaborative activities in the fieldof education between the two sides, especially in training Vietnam studies and Vietnameselanguage.

After the working session, the Vietnamese official witnessed the signing of cooperationagreement between St. Peterburg State University and National University - HoChi Minh City, which mainly focuses on exchange of lecturers and students; organisationof academic activities; experience sharing in higher-education administration;cooperation in scientific research, training Vietnam studies and Vietnamese languagefor Russian students, and teaching Russian language for Vietnamese students.

Nhanis on a working visit to Russia from May 16-21.

Previously, he attended a ceremony hosted by St. Petersburgauthority to celebrate the 95th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’sfirst visit to Russia.

♕ He has also attended programmes to enhance friendship between HCM City and St.Petersburg.-VNA