Hanoi, Sept. 3 -- Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, held a working session in Hanoi on September 3 with Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party (URP) and First Vice Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly. Thang highlighted HCMA's role as an affiliate of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which boasts a history spanning over 75 years. The academy is central to training and nurturing leaders and officials of the Vietnamese Party and State, from central to local levels, including university graduates, doctoral degree holders, professors, a...