The Russian Writers’ Association has presented a bronze statue of Russian great poet A. S. Puskin to Hanoi on the occasion of the 1,000th birthday of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang received the gift at a ceremony in Hanoi on Dec. 21.
Addressing the ceremony, Hang said the gift, and the current working visit by the Russian Writers’ Association would help strengthen and develop the close ties between the two capital cities of Hanoi and Moscow, as well as the two countries.
The statue, which is 60kg and 72cm high, will be placed at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) Park that is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 2011./.
Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang received the gift at a ceremony in Hanoi on Dec. 21.
Addressing the ceremony, Hang said the gift, and the current working visit by the Russian Writers’ Association would help strengthen and develop the close ties between the two capital cities of Hanoi and Moscow, as well as the two countries.
The statue, which is 60kg and 72cm high, will be placed at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) Park that is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 2011./.
