Attending the ceremony were Ms. Le Thi Phuong - Director of the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace; Mr. Sergey Andryushin - Vice Rector in charge of International Relations of Saint Petersburg State University; Mr. Vladimir Kolotov - Director of the Ho Chi Minh Institute of Saint Petersburg State University.
President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation
Continue to foster the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy emphasized that the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University is an important event in the process of enhancing cultural, educational and research cooperation between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.
Strengthening cooperation in cultural training and tourism between Vietnam and the Russian Federation
Over the years, the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University have both undertaken the noble mission of preserving, researching, promoting and disseminating cultural and historical values, especially the values of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and style. The persistent efforts of the two units have contributed positively to enhancing understanding, people-to-people exchange and promoting friendly relations between the two countries.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation for the 2025-2030 period marks a new step in the development of the cooperative relationship between the two units; at the same time, it concretizes the important orientations of the Cultural Cooperation Program between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, signed on January 14, 2025.
The Memorandum of Understanding opens up many opportunities for both sides to promote heritage conservation, enhance scientific research, expand professional and academic exchanges, and promote the unique cultural values of each nation.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy speaks at the signing ceremony
Deputy Minister Trinh Thi Thuy said that the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism highly appreciated the initiative, sense of responsibility and efforts of the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace; and at the same time acknowledged the active cooperation and goodwill of Saint Petersburg State University in the process of preparing and building the content of this cooperation agreement.
"The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will always accompany and create favorable conditions for the two units to effectively implement the agreed cooperation contents; at the same time, encourage the expansion of professional exchange activities, research, academic exchanges and knowledge sharing, contributing to improving the quality of each side's activities, in accordance with the characteristics and strengths of each unit", Deputy Minister Trinh Thi Thuy affirmed and expressed her belief that the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation for the 2025-2030 period will become an important foundation for many practical and effective cooperation programs; thereby spreading more deeply the eternal values of Ho Chi Minh's heritage, while continuing to foster the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.
Signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
Preserving and spreading more widely the values of Ho Chi Minh's heritage
Speaking at the ceremony, Director of the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace Le Thi Phuong said that during the 15 years of living and working at the Presidential Palace, President Ho Chi Minh had many diplomatic activities promoting international solidarity and friendship.
In order to continue to preserve and promote the value of the heritage that he left behind, today, for the first time after 10 years of building a cooperative relationship between Saint Petersburg State University and the Presidential Palace Relic Site, the two units agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation for the period 2025-2030. This event is both a meaningful activity to celebrate a decade of connection and an important milestone opening up a deep cooperative relationship between the two units.
Director of the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace Le Thi Phuong spoke at the ceremony.
Saint Petersburg State University, home to the first and only Ho Chi Minh Institute outside of Vietnam, is a world-class scientific, educational and cultural center with a long history, founded in 1724. With a combination of tradition and innovation, the university has affirmed its position as Russia's leading specialist center.
The Presidential Palace Relic Site is a special National Relic Site, a place that crystallizes the spirit of the nation, marking a great man who devoted his entire life to the independence, freedom and happiness of the people. The stilt house in the Presidential Palace has become a symbol of the nation, the people and international solidarity. This place helps us understand why President Ho Chi Minh is not only the pride of the Vietnamese people but also admired and respected by the whole world.
"The two units met through common strengths in scientific research and international cooperation, but perhaps above all, first of all, they met through affection and respect for the life, career, ideology, morality, and style of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam-Soviet friendship that he worked so hard to build," Ms. Le Thi Phuong shared.
Mr. Sergey Andryushin - Vice Rector for International Relations of Saint Petersburg State University spoke at the ceremony.
The Director of the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace affirmed that the memorandum of understanding will open a new phase in the cooperation between the Presidential Palace Relic Site and Saint Petersburg State University. This memorandum of understanding has dual value, contributing to honoring President Ho Chi Minh on a global scale while promoting international cooperation in scientific research between the two units.
The Memorandum of Cooperation aims to jointly create international academic products, contributing to clarifying the stature of the Vietnamese national liberation hero and outstanding cultural figure Ho Chi Minh in an objective and scientific manner, while continuing to affirm the depth of value in honoring President Ho Chi Minh abroad according to Conclusion No. 85-KL/TW dated August 19, 2020 of the Secretariat on continuing to implement activities to honor President Ho Chi Minh abroad and the Cultural Cooperation Program between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation for the period 2025-2027.
Delegates take souvenir photos.
"Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh has become an inseparable symbol and the special national relic of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace is an important and indispensable part, making that symbol even more vivid and closer. We believe that the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation for the period 2025-2030 between the Presidential Palace Relic Site and Saint Petersburg State University will make an important contribution to preserving and spreading the values of Ho Chi Minh's heritage more deeply and widely while strengthening the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation in the context of international cultural and scientific cooperation," Ms. Le Thi Phuong expressed.
Throughout his revolutionary career, President Ho Chi Minh always had a special, deep, respectful and loyal affection for Russia and the Soviet people. Soviet Russia and the light of the Great October Revolution became an endless source of inspiration, helping Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh find the way to liberate the Vietnamese people from oppression and slavery.
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University for the period 2025 - 2030 was held in a particularly meaningful context: the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Russian Federation (1950 - 2025) and 10 years of cooperation between Saint Petersburg State University and the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace (2015 - 2025).
In the Memorandum of Understanding, the two sides agreed on key contents such as:
- Coordinate the organization of scientific events and important commemorative activities of the two countries, especially days related to President Ho Chi Minh.
- Support internship program for students of Saint Petersburg State University at the Presidential Palace Relic Site.
- Coordinate the collection of artifacts, documents, folders and information related to Ho Chi Minh's heritage and Vietnam - Russia relations.
- Organize communication activities, strengthen scientific research cooperation, invite experts to participate in seminars, talks, and exhibitions of both sides; at the same time coordinate the publication and exchange of new publications about President Ho Chi Minh and the history of relations between the two countries.
- Participate in international forums of mutual interest, thereby expanding cooperation space.
Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/khu-di-tich-chu-tich-ho-chi-minh-tai-phu-chu-tich-va-dai-hoc-quoc-gia-saint-petersburg-lien-bang-nga-ky-ket-ban-ghi-nho-hop-tac-20251202124435977.htm
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