At the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Three Russian officials in HCM City were awarded the insignias“For Peace, Friendship among Nations” by the Vietnam Union of FriendshipOrganisations (VUFO) during a ceremony on August 12, for their contributions tofostering the traditional friendship between the two countries’ people.
Therecipients were Russian Consul General Aleksei Vladimirovich Popov, Counsellorat the Russian Consulate General Maria Georgieva Mizonova, and Director of theRussia Centre in HCM City Natalia Borisovna Zolkina.
Speaking atthe ceremony, Chairman of the Vietnam - Russia Friendship Association of HCM CityHoang Minh Nhan lauded the honourees for working closely with the Ho Chi MinhUnion of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam - Russia FriendshipAssociation of HCM City to effectively hold cultural and arts activities andexchange delegations, which have contributed to raising mutual understandingbetween the people of the two nations.
Popov, forhis part, spoke highly of people-to-people exchanges held by VUFO and itschapters, which deepen bilateral ties at all levels.
A range ofimportant external activities between Vietnam and Russia have been held in HCM Cityin recent years, including visits by Russian Prime Minister A. Medvedev inApril 2015 and Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov in January 2019, the 20th meeting of the Vietnam - Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic andScientific-Technological Cooperation, and working trips by the governors ofSaint Petersburg and Moscow./.
Therecipients were Russian Consul General Aleksei Vladimirovich Popov, Counsellorat the Russian Consulate General Maria Georgieva Mizonova, and Director of theRussia Centre in HCM City Natalia Borisovna Zolkina.
Speaking atthe ceremony, Chairman of the Vietnam - Russia Friendship Association of HCM CityHoang Minh Nhan lauded the honourees for working closely with the Ho Chi MinhUnion of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam - Russia FriendshipAssociation of HCM City to effectively hold cultural and arts activities andexchange delegations, which have contributed to raising mutual understandingbetween the people of the two nations.
Popov, forhis part, spoke highly of people-to-people exchanges held by VUFO and itschapters, which deepen bilateral ties at all levels.
A range ofimportant external activities between Vietnam and Russia have been held in HCM Cityin recent years, including visits by Russian Prime Minister A. Medvedev inApril 2015 and Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov in January 2019, the 20th meeting of the Vietnam - Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic andScientific-Technological Cooperation, and working trips by the governors ofSaint Petersburg and Moscow./.
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