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Vietnamese, Russian veterans commemorate National Reunification Day

The Vietnamese Veterans’ Association in Russia organised an ceremony in Moscow on April 30 to mark Vietnam’s 46th National Reunification Day and the association’s fifth founding anniversary.
Vietnamese, Russian veterans commemorate National Reunification Day ảnh 1An art performance at the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnamese Veterans’ Association in Russia organisedan ceremony in Moscow on April 30 to mark Vietnam’s 46th NationalReunification Day and the association’s fifth founding anniversary.

Speaking at the event, Vice President of the association DoVan Tieu expressed his profound gratitude for the martyrs who sacrificed forthe country's independence and unification.

He also congratulated all veterans who had participated inthe struggle for the liberation of the South of Vietnam and nationalreunification as well as those joining the wars to safeguard the country.

Forty-six years since the reunification, under theleadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam has grown unceasingly, withits per capita income up 30-fold, and its prestige in the international arenaimproving, he stressed.

Vietnamese Defence Attaché in Russia Colonel Tran TienPhuong congratulated the association on its fifth founding anniversary, hailingthe veterans’ contributions to the sustainable development of the OverseasVietnamese community in Russia as well as the national development.

Also on the occasion, former Russian military experts who helped Vietnam during the war, congratulated Vietnam on itsgreat victory for national reunification on April 30, 1975 and highlighted therole of President Ho Chi Minh in this prolonged struggle.

In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency correspondentsin Moscow, Nikolai Nikolaevicj Kolesnik, Chairman of theAssociation of Russian Veterans in Vietnam, said the April 30th triumph was ahistoric victory which reunified Vietnam. He expressed his pride that the SovietUnion made contribution to Vietnam's victory.

Major General Anatoly Pozdeev, Vice President of theVietnam-Russia Friendship Association, said Vietnam’s great victory over theAmerican imperialists and the establishment of the Socialist Republic ofVietnam have great historical significance.

Colonel Alexey Skreblyukov, Chairman of the Russian WarVeterans’ Association in Saint Petersburg said there are no words that candescribe the great victory of Vietnam. He said many Russian war veteranswished to have a chance to visit Vietnam, which they consider their secondFatherland./.
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