State President Nguyen Minh Triet left for Moscow on May 8 to attend the 65 th anniversary of the Victory against Fascism in Russia ’s capital city and visit the Republic of Kalmykia from May 8-12.

The visit is made at the invitation of Russia ’s President Dmitry Medvedev and Kalmykia’s President Kirsan Iiymzhinov.

Joining the Vietnamese delegation are Head of the State President’s Office, Nguyen Van Chien; Chairman of the Hanoi city People’s Committee, Nguyen The Thao; Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia , Bui Dinh Dinh and Deputy Foreign Minister, Nguyen Quoc Cuong.

After the trip to Moscow and Kalmykia, President Triet will visit Belarus , the Swiss Confederation and pay a state visit to Finland from May 13-22./.