Addressing the event, the President of the Organization of Vietnam Veterans of Russia, Nikolai Kolesnik, said that since 1970 the function has been held annually on August 5 to mark the day the US began its air raids on northern Vietnam.

At the meeting, Vietnamese minister counsellor Nguyen Ngoc Binh expressed his thanks to Russian people, particularly former Soviet Union veterans who worked with Vietnamese people to fight the US war in Vietnam, for their valuable assistance.

Russian veterans recalled their memories of the Vietnamese people and land, wishing Vietnam will have more achievements in national construction and development.

The get-together was also attended by other officials from the Vietnamese Embassy and agencies.