Russia honours Vietnamese soldiers fighting in Great Patriotic War
Seven Vietnamese soldiers who once fought alongside Russian comrades in the Great Patriotic War now have their profiles included in the database of the ‘memorial road’ museum complex soon to be inaugurated in the suburb of Moscow.
The picture and information of Le Phan Chan aka Ly Phu San at the museum complex (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – Seven Vietnamese soldiers who oncefought alongside Russian comrades in the Great Patriotic War now have theirprofiles included in the database of the ‘memorial road’ museum complex soon tobe inaugurated in the suburb of Moscow.
They are Le Phan Chan, Dinh Truong Long, Vuong Thuc Thoai,Vuong Thuc Lien, Hoang The Tu, Nguyen Sinh Than, and Ngo Chi Thong.
Among them, Chan, Thoai, Lien, Tu and Than were conferredthe Order of the Patriotic War, first class, by the Supreme Soviet Presidium onDecember 12, 1986. They were also awarded posthumously the “Forty Years ofVictory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” medal.
The soldiers were among a group of Vietnamese youths sent toRussia to study in 1926 under an initiative of President Ho Chi Minh. When the SecondWorld War began, they decided to join the Red Army and most of them died inbattle protecting Moscow in 1941.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh andrepresentatives of the Vietnamese defence attaché office in Russia were invitedto visit the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces and the museum complexon the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Great PatrioticWar (1945-2020).
Talking to the press on the event, Vietnamese Ambassador toRussia Ngo Duc Manh said the embassy has collaborated with Vietnamese andRussian agencies and the Russian Defence Ministry to collect information on thesoldiers.
“We are proud of the bravery of the Vietnamese soldiers inprotecting Moscow and fighting the Nazi Germany,” he said, describing theircomradeship with Russian soldiers a demonstration of the two countries’communist solidarity and friendship in the Great Patriotic War of Russia./.
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The picture and information of Le Phan Chan aka Ly Phu San at the museum complex (Photo: VNA) 
