In 1955, a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by President Ho Chi Minh paid an official visit to the Soviet Union for the first time. During this visit, the delegation visited Sverdlovsk province, an important industrial center of the former Soviet Union and the present Russian Federation.
The following are some photos from the visit kept by the Sverdlovsk provincial archives agency.
The aircraft carrying the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation landed at
Koltsovo airport. President Ho Chi Minh left the plane.
The welcoming ceremony for the Vietnamese delegation at Koltsovo airport
Russian children welcomed the Vietnamese delegation.
Thousands of Russian people welcomed the Vietnamese delegation on its
way from the airport to the city.
The Vietnamese delegation visited Uralmash plant, a leading industrial
business in Sverdlovsk specialized in producing machines for mining.
There still remains President Ho Chi Minh’s written evidence at the
Uralmash plant’s museum showing his pleasure to see the plant’s achievements in
the building of communism.
The Vietnamese delegation visited the Ural Geological Museum.
Uncle Ho and the Vietnamese delegation members were introduced to the
museum by Professor Malak.
President Ho Chi Minh left written proof at the museum praising the
richness of Ural land and people, and expressing his hope that Ural would take advantage
of land and people to build communism.
BTA (Source: VOV)