Chairman of the Russian State Duma views war artifacts and visits President Ho Chi Minh

This afternoon, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin visited President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnam Military History Museum and the Vietnam - Russia Tropical Center.

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man , Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin is paying an official visit to Vietnam and co-chairing the 4th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Russian State Duma.

This afternoon, within the framework of the visit, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the Russian delegation laid wreaths at the Monument to the Heroic Martyrs on Bac Son Street, laid wreaths and visited President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.

Also attending was Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Vu Hong Thanh.

The Chairman of the State Duma and the high-ranking Russian delegation laid wreaths and visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and a high-ranking Russian delegation laid wreaths at the Monument to Fallen Heroes.

Next, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the delegation visited the Vietnam Military History Museum.

The Chairman of the Russian State Duma was introduced to the exhibition themes: Fighting against French colonialism to gain national independence (1858-1945); Resistance against French colonialism (1945-1954); Resistance against the US (1954-1975).

At the exhibition booth of the historical period 1858-1945, he was introduced to the cannon of the Nguyen Dynasty used to fight the French; the journey of young man Nguyen Ai Quoc to find a way to save the country.

At the exhibition booth for the period 1945-1954, the Chairman of the Russian State Duma was shown photo documents about the conference to establish the Party and the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army. He was then briefly introduced to the Autumn-Winter campaigns (1947), the Dien Bien Phu campaign, and the 12-day-night event in Hanoi.

At the exhibition booth for the period 1954-1975, he heard about the General Offensive and Uprising in Spring 1975 with the national treasure, the T-54B tank with serial number 843.

The delegation listened to an introduction about the MiG-21 aircraft with serial number 4324. This aircraft took off to participate in combat to prevent attacks by the US Air Force in North Vietnam and shot down many US aircraft.

Chairman of the Russian State Duma views a cannon of the Nguyen Dynasty used to fight the French

Chairman of the Russian State Duma listens to an introduction about the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army

The Chairman of the Russian State Duma listens to an introduction about the campaigns in the resistance war against France.

He also got to see artifacts recreating the scene of a Hanoi family after the US bombing.

Also this afternoon, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin visited the Vietnam - Russia Tropical Center.

The Center is responsible for cooperating in scientific and technological research in the fields of: Tropical materials science; tropical ecology; tropical biomedicine, aiming to solve urgent problems of Vietnam and Russia, especially in the military and defense fields; implementing and supporting the application of innovative solutions and advanced technologies in the two countries...

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