General Luong Cuong, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission’s standing board, and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, on October 22 held talks with visiting Sen. Lieut. Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, Russian Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on October 1 in Hanoi.
Leaders of Malaysia, Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have extended congratulations to Vietnamese leaders on the country’s 74th National Day (Sept. 2).
The capital city of Hanoi welcomed more than 270,000 tourists during the National Day holidays (from August 31 to September 2), up nearly 8.6 percent year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
As many as 50,066 people, including 1,462 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi during the National Day holiday which lasts from August 31 to September 2.
The preservation of President Ho Chi Minh’s body is of great significance to the cause of national construction and defence, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference reviewing 50 years preserving the President’s body on August 29.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected annual maintenance of the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on August 14 before it is reopened to public.
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Monument to War Heroes and Martyrs in Hanoi will be reopened to visitors from August 15 after a periodic repair and maintenance.
The embalmed body of late President Ho Chi Minh has been preserved well, the State-level medical scientific council affirmed during a working session with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on July 18.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to establish a State-level medical scientific council in charge of the assessment of the embalmed body of late President Ho Chi Minh.
Vietnam has presented its Labour, Independence and Friendship Orders and Medals to two collectives and 23 individuals of Russia in recognition of their contributions to the maintenance of President Ho Chi Minh’s remains.
A fine arts exhibition opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13 to celebrate the 129th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 9, 1890 – 2019) and the 50-year implementation of his testament (1969 – 2019).
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum welcomed 45,615 visitors, including 4,658 foreigners during the holidays in celebration of the 44th National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day, according to the mausoleum’s management board.
DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un paid his official friendship visit to Vietnam on March 1-2. The visit was made at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.
The second summit between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un will be a huge opportunity for Vietnam to lure foreign visitors, the French news agency AFP reported on February 26.
A procession was held in Hanoi on February 25 to disseminate the municipal authorities’ call on the locals to demonstrate their civilized way of life ahead of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, thus promoting Hanoi’s image to international friends.
Nearly 47,500 visitors offered incense and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 2-10.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 24 hosted a reception for Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Hanoi.
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