Hanoi, Aug. 21 -- The Quan doi Nhan dan (People's Army) newspaper launched its online Russian-language edition at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 21 to mark the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

The ceremony was chaired by Major General Doan Xuan Bo, Editor-in-Chief of the Quan doi Nhan dan newspaper, and attended by Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung, and representatives of central agencies, ministries, the Vietnam Journalists' Association, and the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association.

As an agency of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, the newspaper plays an impo...