Hanoi, Sept. 11 -- An exhibition themed "President Ho Chi Minh - the founder of Vietnam-Russia friendship" opened on September 10 at the Ho Chi Minh Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The exhibition, co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and Saint Petersburg State University, coincides with major milestones in bilateral ties, including the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's August Revolution and National Day, 102 years since President Ho Chi Minh first arrived in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), 15 years since the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Institute, the only overseas research institute on the late President and a decade of cooperation between the University ...