The event wasattended by Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son, RVFAPresident Vladimir Buyanov and former Soviet military experts inVietnam.
Addressing the function, Son stressedthat the Soviet people’s Stalingrad victory was a great spiritualencouragement for the Vietnamese people, leading to their successfulAugust 1945 Revolution and the birth of the Democratic Republic ofVietnam.
Later, with the Soviet people’s diplomaticsupport and material assistance, Vietnam succeeded in forcing the USto sign the historical Paris Agreement in 1973, he said.
The ambassador said the two anniversaries will help educate young generations on the heroic past of their predecessors.
Major General Anatoly Pozdeev, former Soviet military expert inVietnam, said that people of his generation proudly call the Hanoi–DienBien Phu in the air victory the Stalingrad victory in Vietnam.-VNA