International Scientific Conference: “The Influence of the Russian October Revolution on the Vietnamese Revolution”

VNU President Nguyen Kim Son delivered the opening speech at the Conference.

Attending the Workshop, on the Russian side, there were Mr. Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), Mr. Andrey Nikolaevich Artizov (Director of the Russian Federal Archives - Rosarchive), Ms. Natalia Valerievna Shafinskaya (Director of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Hanoi).

On the Vietnamese side, there were Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Le Hong Son, Director of the State Records and Archives Department (Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam) Dang Thanh Tung, and Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Pham Quang Minh.

Also attending were representatives of the Vietnam - Russia Friendship Association, the Russia - Vietnam Friendship Association, universities of the Russian Federation, many scientists and researchers from Vietnam and Russia...

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, emphasizing the significance of the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vietnam Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov said: The great anniversary - the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution in Russia has attracted great attention in the world. Many celebratory activities such as scientific conferences, exhibitions, publishing of scientific works, publication of documents, film production... have been held throughout Russia and other countries in the world.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vietnam Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov

Ambassador Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov expressed his delight that Vietnam had organized many large-scale activities such as rallies, exhibitions, cultural and artistic exchanges, seminars, etc. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution, including a scientific seminar on the theme "The influence of the Russian October Revolution on the Vietnamese Revolution". He expressed his belief that with the participation of scientists, researchers and prestigious representatives from academia, delegates would hear presentations highlighting the significance of the Russian October Revolution - a revolution that had a great influence on the historical development of Russia and the entire world community. The seminar would open new pages in the common history of the two countries, and the differences in the views and viewpoints of the delegates would be the foundation for scientific dialogue.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Le Hong Son emphasized that the Russian October Revolution opened a new chapter in human history. Socialism is a strong source of encouragement for the world revolutionary movement... According to Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Le Hong Son, the workshop is one of the practical and meaningful activities, so that we can once again realize the practical values ​​of the Russian October Revolution with the development of Vietnam today. Vice Chairman Le Hong Son believes that through this event, the traditional friendship and mutual understanding between the country and people of Russia and Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular will become increasingly close, develop more deeply and comprehensively in the future.

Speaking about the influence of the Russian October Revolution on the victory of the Vietnamese Revolution, Professor Pham Quang Minh said: Exactly 100 years ago, the 1917 Revolution in Russia succeeded, establishing the first worker-peasant state in the world. From a country, Socialism has become a system. The dream of peace, land, bread... from Russia has inspired millions of people around the planet, including Vietnam, to dare to stand up and change their destiny. In 1945, the August Revolution brought independence and freedom to the Vietnamese people. This nation then waged a long resistance war against both old and new colonialism with the spirit of "Tempered steel” (by Nikolai Ostrovsky), the optimism of “Kachiusa”, perseverance in “wait for me to come back” (Konstantin Simonov) because he knows the price of “War and Peace” (Lev Tolstoy).

Emphasizing that the October Revolution in Russia laid the essential foundation for building a comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the Russian Federation, VNU President Nguyen Kim Son said that over the past 70 years, Vietnam's initial achievements in industrialization, modernization and national defense have always had valuable contributions from the former Soviet Union and the Russian people today. For its part, Russia has also promoted its Look East Policy, considering Vietnam as a bridge and fulcrum to implement this policy. Along with the comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam and the Russian Federation have increasingly coordinated closely, consulted and supported each other in multilateral forums at the United Nations, APEC, ASEM, ARF, etc.

In particular, the contribution of education and science of the former Soviet Union and today's Russia to Vietnam has great significance and profound fundamental value. From the 1950s to the present, the Soviet Union and Russia have trained hundreds of thousands of teaching and scientific research staff for Vietnam. Among them, there are hundreds of teaching staff and veteran teachers of VNU who have received basic and specialized training, making significant contributions to science and higher education in Vietnam such as: Prof. Academician Nguyen Van Hieu, Prof. Academician Nguyen Van Dao - former first Director of VNU, Prof. Academician Dao Trong Thi, Prof. Nguyen Tai Can - the first person to bring Vietnamese language to the Soviet Union as a scientific major, and many experts and scientists who have been and are making Soviet science famous right in Vietnam. Recently, VNU honored and congratulated Dr. Nguyen Tuyet Minh - former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Russian Language and Culture, who was recently awarded the Pushkin Medal by Russian President Vladimir Putin for her contributions to the development of Russian culture and language in Vietnam.

The Director of VNU also said that 2017 marked the cooperation in joint training with universities of the Russian Federation when the first Bachelor of Information Technology and Computer Engineering program in cooperation with Moscow Power Engineering University was implemented. This will be the foundation for a new cooperation model, contributing to enriching and deepening cooperation programs in higher education, contributing to training high-quality human resources for Vietnam.

“We are fully confident that, with the great significance of the October Revolution, the existing good relationship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation, with the participation of many experts and scientists today, the International Scientific Conference "The Influence of the Russian October Revolution on the Vietnamese Revolution" will not only have scientific reports that increase deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the Russian October Revolution, but also research the Vietnam - Russia friendship through historical stages; topics of Vietnamese studies as well as Oriental studies in Russia and Russian linguistics in Vietnam with many perspectives and analyses combining specialized and interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches.", Director of VNU Nguyen Kim Son said.

During the two days (November 23 and 24), speakers from Vietnam and the Russian Federation presented dozens of papers highlighting the significance of the Russian October Revolution - a revolution that had a huge impact on the historical development of Russia and the entire world community, including some outstanding papers such as: "The 1917 Revolution and its impact on historical events in the Southeast Asian region", "Nguyen Ai Quoc came to the October Revolution and Lenin during his years in Russia 1923 - 1924", "Russian Vietnamese Studies - Yesterday and Today", "The Great October Revolution and Vietnam", "The October Revolution and the Soviet Regime - Things That Cannot Be Denied"...