PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, and the Vietnamese delegation at
Pulkovo 1 in St. Petersburg - Photo: VNGOP
The Vietnamese PM and delegation laid a wreath at the Piskarov Memorial Cemetery where lay hundreds of thousands of St. Petersburg citizens who died in the 900-day siege of Leningrad during the Great War for National Salvation.
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng lays a wreath at the Motherland Statue - Photo: VNGOP
In the afternoon of the same day, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng visited Cruiser Aurora which fired at the Winter Palace in Petrograd, opening up the historical Russian October Revolution. The Vietnamese delegation also paid a visit to the Summer Palace and Isakievsky Cathedral.
Today, September 10, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng plans to have meetings with leaders of Saint Petersburg, attend the signing of the Friendship and Cooperation Agreement between Việt Nam’s southern central province of Khánh Hòa and Saint Petersburg City. In the afternoon, he and his entourage leave for Moscow.
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng is expected to meet Russian President V. Putin, have talks with PM M. Fradkov and have meetings with the Russian Federation Council Chairman and the State Duman Speaker on September 11.
Vietnamese nationals in Saint Petersburg welcome PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
and his entourage at the airport - Photo: VNGOP
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng visits the Winter Palace - Photo: VNGOP
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and his wife on Cruiser Aurora - Photo: VNGOP
By Xuân Hồng
