Within the framework of the official visit to the Russian Federation and the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, on the evening of May 10 (local time), General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the Vietnamese High-ranking Delegation, laid flowers at the Ho Chi Minh Monument (Ho Chi Minh Square) and laid flowers at the memorial stele of General Secretary Le Duan (Le Duan Square), in Moscow, the Russian Federation.

In a solemn and emotional atmosphere, General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the Vietnamese High-ranking Delegation, offered flowers in memory of President Ho Chi Minh, the beloved leader of the Vietnamese people, the outstanding leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the world Communist movement, the national liberation hero, and an outstanding cultural figure. President Ho Chi Minh was also a great friend of the Russian people. He laid the foundation for the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.

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General Secretary To Lam and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation laid flowers at the Uncle Ho Statue in Ho Chi Minh Square. (Photo: VNA)

The statue of President Ho Chi Minh is located in a 676m2 square with 3 landings and 8 wide steps symbolizing 8 lotus petals. The statue is made of bronze, 5m high, and placed on a 6m long, 0.5m thick bronze pedestal. The base below the statue solemnly inscribes President Ho Chi Minh's quote in Russian: "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom."

This is a familiar place for Vietnamese people in the Russian Federation on holidays, Tet, festivals or family happy days. Vietnamese expatriates in the Russian Federation often come here to lay flowers in front of the statue of President Ho Chi Minh.

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General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation, laid flowers at the plaque honoring General Secretary Le Duan in Le Duan Square. (Photo: VNA)

Next, at Le Duan Square, in front of the memorial stele of General Secretary Le Duan, General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, offered flowers in memory of General Secretary Le Duan - an excellent and close student of President Ho Chi Minh, an outstanding and brilliant leader of the Party, a creative theorist, full of compassion, simplicity and modesty. In international activities, he made a very important contribution to building and consolidating the special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and fraternal friendship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union and other socialist brother countries.

At the center of the square, a red granite memorial stele bears the following inscription in Russian: “Le Duan Square: In memory of the famous activist of the international communist workers’ movement and national liberation, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, great friend of the Soviet Union, 1907-1986.”

General Secretary To Lam meets with Chairman of the Just Russia-Patriots-For Truth Party

On the afternoon of May 10 (local time), General Secretary To Lam met with Chairman of the Just Russia-Patriots-For Truth Party Sergey Mironov.

Chairman of the Just Russia Party Sergey Mironov thanked the General Secretary for taking the time to meet him, expressing his feelings and good impressions when talking about Vietnam and Russia-Vietnam relations; emphasizing that the General Secretary's visit with extremely rich activities has a very important meaning in Vietnam-Russia relations, especially in 2025, a special year in the history of both countries.

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General Secretary To Lam received Chairman of the "Just Russia - Patriots - For Truth" Party Sergey Mironov. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

The Chairman of the Just Russia Party believes that the visit will bring practical results, contributing to strengthening the relationship between the two countries and promoting bilateral cooperation in all fields of economy-trade, defense, industry, humanity, education..., creating a solid foundation for the stronger development of Vietnam-Russia relations in the coming time.

Regarding the relationship between the two countries, Mr. Sergey Mironov affirmed that Russia always values ​​and strengthens the "extremely trustworthy" relationship with Vietnam, emphasizing and highly appreciating Vietnam's stance on issues related to Russia in international forums.

General Secretary To Lam once again thanked the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation for their valuable support and assistance to the struggle for national independence in the past and the country's construction and development today; affirmed that the independent and autonomous foreign policy of Vietnam and Russia is an important pillar; cooperation with Russia, including cooperation through the Party channel, is of great significance to Vietnam's development in the new period.

The General Secretary believes that the good results achieved during this visit will contribute to further strengthening close cooperation between the two countries through all channels of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government, ministries, sectors, localities and people-to-people exchanges as well as in all fields; emphasizing that Vietnam will continue to promote cooperation with Russia, for the development of the two countries and the interests of the two peoples, for peace, stability and common prosperity.

According to VNA

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