Moscow, April 29 -- Vietnam Day has become popular, attracting not only those who study Vietnamese or Southeast Asia but also other students of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), said the institute's Vice Rector in charge of personnel policy Vladimir Morozov during the Vietnam Day on April 28.

The annual event was hosted by MGIMO's ASEAN Centre on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations and the 30th anniversary of Vietnam's official accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

In his opening speech, Morozov emphasised that the Vietnam-Russia relationship is a shining example of cooperation, friendship, respect and mut...