A roundtable conference was held in St. Petersburg on March 6 to discuss the friendship history between Russia and Vietnam through meetings of Soviet Union leader Iosif .V. Stalin and President Ho Chi Minh.
A conference on the implementation of Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing to implement Directive No. 05-CT/TW by the Politburo and building a Ho Chi Minh cultural space was organized at Van Lang University on August 15.