The centre will also organise a writing contest in Russian with the theme “Russia and its language and culture in my life”, and the winner will be entitled to attend the closing ceremony of “The Year of Russian Language” in Moscow.

In addition, the Pushkin Sub-institute of Russian Language in Hanoi will organise a course on Russian language teaching methodology, a seminar entitled “Russian - the language of friends”, and a Russian language contest entitled “Russian - a profession-a career” would-be interpreters and tourist guides.

A “Week of Russian Language and Education” and an exhibition of books by Russian authors will also be held at the Puskin Sub-institute of Russian Language.