The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia on July 19 hosted a meeting to markthe 30 th anniversary of the Vietnam-Soviet Union aerospace flight(July 23) – an event that symbolises the 60-year friendship andcooperation between Vietnam and Russia.
The nine-day flightinto orbit has become a historic event for the Vietnamese people and aglorious symbol for the 60-year-long traditional friendship,comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership between Vietnamand Russia , Ambassador Bui Dinh Dinh said.
Vietnamese herocosmonaut Pham Tuan and Soviet spaceman Victor V. Gorbatko were sentinto orbit in the “Union-37” spaceship from the Bykonur airbase in theformer Soviet Union on July 23, 1980 and stayed in space for nine daysto carry out scientific studies.
Thanks to the Soviet Union’shelp, Vietnam became the first country in Asia to conquer theuniverse. With this success, the Vietnamese people had realised thedream of late President Ho Chi Minh that “One day, the Vietnamese canfly into space”, he said.
Gorbatko spoke to those attending theceremony of the days when he and the Vietnamese astronaut practisedbefore flying into space and their working time together on thespacecraft.
He expressed delight at the enormous achievements inall areas that Vietnam has attained during its nationalreconstruction in peace and on its way to socialism.
Russianparticipants praised Vietnam for its achievements and wished thecountry greater successes in the future, including breakthroughs inscientific and technological study and aerospace exploration./.
The nine-day flightinto orbit has become a historic event for the Vietnamese people and aglorious symbol for the 60-year-long traditional friendship,comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership between Vietnamand Russia , Ambassador Bui Dinh Dinh said.
Vietnamese herocosmonaut Pham Tuan and Soviet spaceman Victor V. Gorbatko were sentinto orbit in the “Union-37” spaceship from the Bykonur airbase in theformer Soviet Union on July 23, 1980 and stayed in space for nine daysto carry out scientific studies.
Thanks to the Soviet Union’shelp, Vietnam became the first country in Asia to conquer theuniverse. With this success, the Vietnamese people had realised thedream of late President Ho Chi Minh that “One day, the Vietnamese canfly into space”, he said.
Gorbatko spoke to those attending theceremony of the days when he and the Vietnamese astronaut practisedbefore flying into space and their working time together on thespacecraft.
He expressed delight at the enormous achievements inall areas that Vietnam has attained during its nationalreconstruction in peace and on its way to socialism.
Russianparticipants praised Vietnam for its achievements and wished thecountry greater successes in the future, including breakthroughs inscientific and technological study and aerospace exploration./.
