Dr. Kobelev, born in 1938 in Ulyanovsk, was among the first Soviet scholars to specialise in Vietnam. As a former TASS correspondent during the war in Vietnam, he worked closely with Vietnamese institutions and later helped found Russia’s Centre for Vietnamese and ASEAN Studies.

The strength of the Communist Party of Vietnam is based on its creative approach to problem-solving, and in reality, it has always brought victory to the nation.

A Russian scholar on Vietnamese study has hailed the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)'s consistent policy of protecting national interest since its foundation in 1930.