(VOVWORLD) - Canadian and Russian experts have shared their thoughts on Vietnam’s path to independence and its accomplishments over the last 75 years.
 Ambassador Pham Cao Phong briefed overseas Vietnamese in Canada on President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: Quang Thịnh/TTXVN) |
The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Association held an online programme to screen the documentaries on the life and career of the President and the country’s path to independence and freedom, celebrating 75 years since the August Revolution the 75th National Day.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Pham Cao Phong recalled major historical milestones in Vietnam's national construction and defense history.
Luis Silva, an expert on government relations, said the films helped him understand President Ho Chi Minh’s key role in the struggle to liberate Vietnam from the rule of France and Japan.
Elizabeth McIninch, Director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council, said she was moved by Ho Chi Minh’s burning desire to free Vietnam from colonialism and restore freedom to its people.
 Professor Vladimir Kolotov (Photo: TTXVN) |
Meanwhile, at a recent discussion with Russia’s Sputnik news agency to mark Vietnam’s 75th National Day, Professor Vladimir Kolotov, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at the Saint Petersburg State University, said Vietnam has achieved enormous success since the August Revolution and its establishment on September 2, 1945, including victories in resistance wars to liberate the country from colonialism and reunify the nation. Vietnam is now a sovereign country and has a rapidly-growing economy, he added.
Professor Vladimir Mazyrin from the Centre for the Study of Vietnam and ASEAN at the Far Eastern Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke highly of Vietnam’s economic achievements during its transition to a market economy, which saw it emerging as a rapidly-developing country.