The friendship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union (Vietnam - Soviet Union) is a comradely love, a noble and pure proletarian international love, born from the ideal of fighting for the goal of national liberation and advancing towards socialism.
That sentiment originated from the process of finding a way to save the country, Nguyen Ai Quoc encountered and formed through absorbing Marxism-Leninism and the practice of the Russian October Revolution. Then from the long night of slavery, Vietnam found the revolutionary path: "Carrying out bourgeois democratic revolution and land revolution to move towards a communist society".
Lenin speaks to the people in Petrograd in 1917 (documentary photo).
The October Revolution in Russia broke the important link of capitalism, opening a new era for mankind, the era of socialism. Therefore, after the birth of the worker-peasant state, the internal enemy combined with foreign invaders to try to nip the revolutionary government in the bud. However, under the leadership of the Bolshevik Communist Party and the genius leader V.I. Lenin, the Russian Soviet State not only stood firm but in 1922 expanded to include 16 more republics, establishing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Rising from a poor and multi-ethnic capitalist country, the Soviet Union became a powerful socialist country, a world power that defeated fascism in World War II. This great victory opened up a new situation for the world, the socialist system was born, an opportunity for many countries to stand up for national independence, including Vietnam.
Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc at the National Congress of the French Socialist Party in Tours (France), December 1920. Photo archive.
With a vision of the times, Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh sought to turn the flag of the Russian October Revolution into an ideal calling for the entire nation to rise up. Immediately after its founding, the Communist Party of Vietnam launched a revolutionary movement with the goal of establishing a worker-peasant government modeled after the Soviet Union, culminating in the Nghe-Tinh Soviet.
Although not yet victorious, this was a rehearsal to prepare forces in all aspects, to seize the opportunity to rise up and seize power. When the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany, which was also the time when Japanese fascists in Indochina surrendered, and the allied troops had not yet disarmed, the Viet Minh Front launched a successful general uprising; loudly declaring to the world the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The August Revolution was a skillful combination of preparing forces at home and seizing the opportunity when the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany in World War II.
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and leader Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese revolutionary cause has achieved great victories of historical turning points (illustrative photo).
During the two resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, the Soviet Union wholeheartedly and selflessly helped Vietnam in all fields. Every year, the Soviet Union provided Vietnam with a lot of weapons and ammunition. Three-quarters of the weapons used by Vietnam, including aircraft, missiles, tanks, armored vehicles, ammunition, modern equipment, etc., were from the Soviet Union. In addition, the Soviet Union also trained over 50,000 scientists and technical workers in all fields (of which, over 30,000 had university and post-graduate degrees), many of whom became leaders, managers and scientists of the country.
Economically, the Soviet Union provided Vietnam with loans and aid totaling over 55 billion USD; helped Vietnam search for and cooperate in exploiting oil and gas with modern technology and a team of skilled management and scientific and technical staff; directly provided aid in building large projects such as the Song Da Hydropower Plant, Thang Long Bridge, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam - Soviet Friendship Hospital, etc.
In particular, while Vietnam helped Cambodia fight against the genocidal Pol Pot clique, almost all countries in the world were isolated and embargoed, at that time (1978), the Soviet Union signed the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Treaty. During the process of "reform", due to the emergence of opportunism and abandonment of Marxism-Leninism among high-ranking officials, and the enemy took advantage of the situation to sabotage, the Soviet Union collapsed. Vietnam implemented the policy of renovation but still maintained the principle of national independence and socialism on the basis of creative application of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong meets with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, October 17, 2023. (Photo: VNA).
The Soviet Union collapsed, but Vietnam's relationship with the Russian Federation was still maintained and developed in new conditions. President Vladimir Putin and Russian leaders still considered Vietnam a comrade, and the two countries upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Russia sold about 70% of its modern weapons to Vietnam; continued to expand cooperation in oil and gas exploitation; announced the cancellation of all debts (nearly 11 billion USD) for Vietnam. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia provided Vietnam with tens of millions of doses of vaccines, medicines and coordinated treatment regimens... Despite the ongoing Russia-Ukraine military conflict, Russia-Vietnam cooperation has always been strengthened and mutual trust has been built. The two countries continuously send high-level delegations to visit each other, exchange and sign cooperation agreements in various fields in the new situation.
Believing that the precious and lasting friendship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union in the past and Vietnam and Russia today, which originated from the October Revolution in Russia, continues to be promoted throughout history and is a priceless asset of the two nations that will shine forever. Vietnam and the Russian Federation always stand side by side with loyal and steadfast love, fighting together to protect the independence and freedom of each country and are making an important contribution to the goal of forming a multipolar world for the legitimate interests of the peoples, in accordance with the development process of the times and of progressive humanity.
Dr. Dang Duy Bau
Dr. Dang Duy Bau
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