VNA, TASS hold photo exhibition on two-decade Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Russia’s TASS news agency opened a photo exhibition on the two-decade strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia at the headquarters of the Russian Federation Council in Moscow on December 1.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chair of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko visit the photo exhibition jointly held by VNA and TASS in Moscow. (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Russia’s TASS newsagency opened a photo exhibition on the two-decade strategic partnershipbetween Vietnam and Russia at the headquarters of the Russian FederationCouncil in Moscow on December 1.
Visiting Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Federation Council SpeakerValentina Matvienko attended the event.
Held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption ofthe declaration on the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia duringthe first official visit to Vietnam by Russian President Vladimir Putin onMarch 1, 2001, the exhibition featured 20 photos captured by VNA and TASSreporters.
The photos were arranged chronologically, reflecting the latestperiod in the history of friendship and cooperation between the two nations andcovering the topics of politics, economy, military, culture, among others.
This is the fourth photo exhibition jointly organised by VNA and TASS. All the exhibitionshave affirmed the role of VNA and TASS as the leading media agency in eachcountry as well as the leading agencies in providing information on therelations between the two countries and outstanding events in Russia-Vietnam ties.
The three previous exhibitions were held successfully and received praise. The first joint photo exhibition took place inHanoi on October 30, 2010 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomaticties between the two countries. It was held within the framework of the visitto Vietnam by then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The second was held on November 12, 2013 to mark 55 years of cooperationbetween the two news agencies, within the framework of Russian Cultural Days inVietnam and on the occasion of the Vietnam visit by Russian President VladimirPutin.
The third was held on November 19, 2018 to mark the 60th anniversary of thesigning of a cooperation agreement between TASS and VNA (October 13, 1958),within the framework of the visit to Vietnam by Russian Prime Minister DmitryMedvedev./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chair of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko visit the photo exhibition jointly held by VNA and TASS in Moscow. (Photo: VNA) 
