Valuable photo series of President Ho Chi Minh visiting Armenia

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Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Vahram Kazhoyan said President Ho Chi Minh visited Armenia in July 1959 when the country was a republic country member in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (hereinafter referred to as the Soviet Union).

Ambassador Kazhoyan said this historic visit laid the foundation for thefriendship between Armenia and Vietnam in the future.

These photographs found valuable and rare because of their unavailable publication before. There is very little information about President Ho Chi Minh's visit to Armenia.

During the visit, President Ho Chi Minh met the Armenian Communist Party's leaders, visited a hydroelectric plant, a youth camp, met Armenian writers and people ...

Below are 6 photos that Ambassador Kazhoyan (starting his term in Vietnam in 2019) has copied and presented to Vietnamese readers on VOV:

President Ho Chi Minh during his visit to Armenia in July 1959. In the photo, President Ho Chi Minh stood next to the First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party SurenTovmasian. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

President Ho Chi Minh visited the Gyumush hydroelectric plant in Armenia. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

President Ho Chi Minh at the youth camp in Hankavan town. Standing next to him was Mr. Suren Tovmasyan - First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party. Mr. Tovmasyan later became the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Vietnam during the period 1961-1964. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

President Ho Chi Minh visited the Gyumush hydroelectric plant in Armenia. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

President Ho Chi Minh visited the central market in Yerevan (capital of Armenia) and talked to Armenians. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

President Ho Chi Minh took a photo with Armenian writers at the Armenian Writers Association summer resort, near Sevan Lake. (Photo provided by Ambassador Kazhoyan).

On September 18, the Vietnam - Armenia Friendship Association congratulated the Ambassador of Armenia to Vietnam on the 29th anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of Armenia. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia Vahram Kazhoyan said the relationship between Vietnam and Armenia in recent years has been developing well in many fields.

Although many cooperation plans between Armenia and Vietnam have been postponed due to the impact of the epidemic, the Ambassador firmly believes that cooperation activities will soon be implemented in the near future, especially the development of a tourist route connecting Vietnam with Armenia to help two countries' peoples gain mutual understanding about the culture, country and the people.

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