At the event, on behalf of Vietnam Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong,Rector Torkunov conferred the Friendship Order on the MGIMO and five friendship medals on lecturers at the institute for their active contributions to training foreign relation officers for Vietnam over the past 40 years.
For his part, Minister Cuong thanked the MGIMO for its support and congratulated the five lecturers, saying “Their efforts have contributed greatly to the development of cooperative relations and bolstering the traditional friendship between the two nations.”
Minister Cuong asked the MGIMO to continue expanding cooperation with Vietnam in training, scientific research, notably international law, diplomacy and media.
The MGIMO Rector said his organization will send its lecturers to Vietnam in the time ahead at the invitation of Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice.
Earlier, Minister Cuong had been honoured for his extensive contributions to developing political, economic, and culture cooperation between Russia and Vietnam.
