Hanoi (VNA) – VietnamPlus, an e-newspaper of theVietnam News Agency (VNA), launched its Russian version at on March 3, raising the number of languages it ispublishing to six, including Vietnamese, English, Chinese, French and Spanish.

With the debut of the Russian version,VietnamPlus continues to affirm its stature as the only national e-newspaperfor foreign services in Vietnam.

The launching ceremony in Hanoi was attended bymember of the Party Central Committee and VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi,VNA Deputy General Directors Dinh Dang Quang and Le Quoc Minh, and RussianAmbassador to Vietnam Konstantin V. Vnukov.

Addressing the event, VNA Deputy GeneralDirector Le Quoc Minh stressed Vietnam and Russia mark the 70th foundinganniversary of their diplomatic ties in 2020. 

The launch of the Russian version on VietnamPlusis meant to contribute to the time-tested relations between the two countriesand also a practical activity in response to the Vietnam Year in Russia and theRussia Year in Vietnam in 2019 and 2020, he noted, expressing his hope that thee-newspaper and the Russian desk will keep the version updated and diverse interms of content and form so as to attract more readers to the official newssource of the VNA.

Appreciating the VNA’s efforts to helpstrengthen the two countries’ traditional ties, Russian Ambassador Vnukov saidhe hopes the Russian version of VietnamPlus will help their people learn moreabout each other’s nations.

He also believed that information in Russian onthe newspaper will be welcomed by Russian readers, as well as Vietnamese andforeigners who can speak Russian in Vietnam.

VietnamPlus publishes information in accordancewith the State of Vietnam’s official viewpoints on politics – diplomacy,economy, society, science – technology, environment and many other fields. Italways targets introducing people and all social aspects of Vietnam, along withcooperation and investment potential and attractive tourist destinations in thecountry.

The Russian version will help this e-newspaperbetter perform the function of guiding public opinion, rejecting falseinformation and distortions about the situation in Vietnam in a timely manner,and contributing to the two countries’ relations.

With a user-friendly design, the Russian versionfeatures all important sections that are also included in other versions onVietnamPlus like text news, photos, videos and infographics.

Editor-in-Chief of VietnamPlus Tran Tien Duansaid with the Russian version’s modern interface, the e-newspaper continuestaking the lead in applying advanced technologies so as to better fulfill itstask of popularising information for foreign service assigned by the Party andState.

In the time ahead, VietnamPlus, including itsRussian version, will make unceasing efforts to improve information quality,increase the promotion of Vietnam’s images to the world, and serve as a bridgelinking international friends with the country, he added./.