General Secretary To Lam meets with intellectuals...

At the meeting, the Russian delegates expressed their joy and honor to welcome General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; thanked the Vietnamese leaders and people for their deep affection for their Russian friends; affirmed that they will continue to make efforts to foster and develop the friendship between the people of the two countries, actively contributing to the traditional friendship and the Vietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; and agreed on major directions and measures to strengthen and consolidate the Vietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Delighted and moved to meet Russian intellectuals and experts who had helped Vietnam, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that with the spirit of "remembering the source when drinking water, remembering the person who planted the tree when eating fruit", the Vietnamese people always show deep gratitude for the great and wholehearted help of experts from the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today in the cause of fighting for national liberation, unification and construction.

General Secretary To Lam with Russian intellectuals and experts who have helped Vietnam.

The General Secretary assessed that with the support of Soviet/Russian experts, historical works such as Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Plant, Thang Long Bridge, Pha Lai Thermal Power Plant... have become symbols of friendship between the two nations; thanked the Soviet/Russian Federation for supporting the training of nearly 70,000 Vietnamese cadres over many generations, many of whom have held the highest leadership positions of the Party and State, core cadres, contributing to laying the foundation for many key scientific and economic sectors and fields of Vietnam, even in the current period.

General Secretary To Lam welcomed the significance of the meeting, which not only helped connect Soviet veterans and experts who had helped the Vietnamese people in the past, but also contributed to strengthening the education of the younger generation to continue preserving and developing the good traditional friendship between the two nations.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the meeting.

The General Secretary emphasized that the common agreements reached through high-level visits and contacts between the two countries in recent times, including the state visit of President Vladimir Putin in June 2024 and the visit of the high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam this time, are strategic orientations and guidelines to bring the cooperation between the two countries to a new stage of development, increasingly in-depth and substantive.

The General Secretary suggested that the two countries further promote economic integration in the coming time, continue to effectively implement cooperation projects in traditional fields, conduct in-depth research on each other's markets to diversify the existing trade portfolio and direct investment to new fields where the two countries have great potential and long-term needs. The General Secretary hoped that the Vietnam - Russia relationship would become a model of how to turn a large region into a potential development area for all participating countries.

Delegates attending the meeting.

In that spirit, General Secretary To Lam suggested that the two countries promote cooperation in the fields of basic science, technology, innovation and digital transformation , which are strengths of Russia and Vietnam, and which are identified as breakthroughs to bring the country to breakthrough development and prosperity in the new era.

General Secretary To Lam and delegates attending the meeting.

General Secretary To Lam hopes that the young generations of the two countries will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, inherit the tradition of friendship and make good use of the opportunities that the history of the two countries brings, to continue writing golden pages of history, breathe more vitality and light up a bright future for the Vietnam - Russia relationship in the new era, meeting the concerns and expectations of the leaders of the two countries, for the peace and prosperity of the two peoples.

News and photos: VNA

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