The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 15 presented the
insignia “For the Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism” to Russian
Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun.
Speaking at the
presentation ceremony, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang
Tuan Anh spoke highly of the Russian ambassador’s contributions to
developing culture, sports and tourism cooperation between the two
countries.
With Andrey’s active contributions,
the two countries have organised a number of Russian cultural days in
Vietnam and Vietnamese days in Russia , he said, adding that Russia
is now one of the top 10 markets of Vietnam ’s tourism.
The minister expressed his wish that Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun will
continue working to support Vietnam in cultural and art training
and provide scholarships for Vietnamese postgraduates in this field.
He said he hopes that the Russian Government will create conditions
for tourism cooperation between the two countries with a view to
increasing the number of Russian tourists to Vietnam to 300,000 in
2014.
For his part, Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun
vowed to make more efforts in strengthening the friendship and
cooperation between the two countries, especially in the field of
culture, sports and tourism.-VNA