May 04, 2018 | 20:46 (GMT+7)
Victory of Great Patriotic War marked in HCM City
PANO - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO), in association with HCM City’s Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association, co-held a ceremony on May 3 to mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945-2017).
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An art performance at the celebration. Source: voh.com.vn |
Addressing the ceremony, President of the HCM City’s Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association Hoang Minh Nhan recalled the Great Patriotic War 73 years ago which killed 27 million Soviet people and destroyed hundreds of cities and villages.
The former Soviet Union suffered the most during the World War II (1941-1945), he said, noting that Vietnamese and Russian people have carried forward the spirit of the victory and tightened their fine relationship.
Russian Consul General to HCM City Aleksei Vladimirovich Popov also affirmed that the celebration has contributed to enhancing the relations between Vietnam and Russia.
Translated by Chung Anh