Pyatigorsk (VNA), Oct. 12 -- Pyatigorsk State University (PGU) of Russia has been presented with a Friendship Order by the Vietnam ese State for its contributions to training generations of Vietnamese students since 1968.

On behalf of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh handed over the Friendship Order to representatives of the university at a ceremony in Pyatigorsk city on October 11, which was held to celebrate its 80th founding anniversary.

Over the last 51 years, many generations of Vietnamese students have studied at the university. Many of them have hold high-level positions of the Party and State of Vietnam. PGU graduates have worked in 1...