PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s activities in Saint Petersburg
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and his entourage on May 21 visited Saint Petersburg city as part of his ongoing official visit to the country at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and acting Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and his entourage onMay 21 visited Saint Petersburg city as part of his ongoing official visit to the country at the invitationof his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.
The Vietnamese Government leader met with acting Governor of SaintPetersburg Alexander Beglov, during which he expressed his joy to witness withhis own eyes great achievements of the socio-economic development of the city.
He said the relations between”the northern capital city” of Russia with localitiesof Vietnam have been increasingly expanded and the exchange of all-leveldelegation maintained regularly.
PM Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always supports localities ofthe two countries to strengthen cooperation across fields.
He praised their coordination in organising meaningful activities in theframework of the Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam,contributing to tightening the friendship and cooperation between the twonations.
The Vietnamese leader thanked the Saint Petersburg authorities for theirfacilitation for Vietnamese communities living and working in the city.
For his part, Beglov affirmed that the municipal authorities cherish the traditionalrelationship between the two nations.
They will host many activities, especially the Vietnam-Russia Youth Forum andthe Day of Ho Chi Minh City in Saint Petersburg, he said.
Earlier, PM Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation laid a wreath at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery whichis dedicated to victims of the Siege of Leningrad andsoldiers of the Leningrad Front.
PM Phuc and his entourage came to visit Russia’s historic cruiser Aurora,touted as a revolution icon since it fired a shot to beckon the last attack atthe Winter Palace in Petrograd on November 11, 1917.
The leader and his entourage also went on a tourof the Winter Palace, part of the Hermitage Museum, which displays some 3million art works.
The same day’s afternoon, PM Phuc left Saint Petersburgfor Moscow, continuing his activities in his official visit to Russia. -VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Pulkovo 1 airport in Saint Petersburg at 18:45 pm (local time) on May 20, beginning his official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Pulkovo 1 airport in St. Petersburg at 18:45 pm (local time) on May 20, beginning his official visit to Russia at the invitation of PM Dmitri Medvedev.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and acting Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (Source: VNA) 
