Ambassador Uladzimir Baravikou takes part in the ceremony of opening a photo exhibition at the Military History Museum of Vietnam

On July 2, 2024, on the eve of the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Vietnam Uladzimir Baravikou opened a photo exhibition “Nothing is Forgotten” at the Military History Museum of Vietnam, timed to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders.

The event was organized under a joint project with participation of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk.

In his welcoming speech, Ambassador Uladzimir Baravikou emphasized the importance of preserving the historical memory and truth about the Great Patriotic War, the feat of the Belarusian and the entire Soviet people, the very costly victory that was won at the expense of huge economic losses and lives of one third of the Belarusian population.

Attention was drawn to the contribution of the country and personally of President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko to ensuring peace and security on the regional and global scale. Emphasized was the importance of further development of Belarus-Vietnam mutually beneficial relations on the basis of traditional friendship, trust and mutual understanding.

Director of the Vietnam Military History Museum Le Vu Huy presented the main elements of the photo exhibition, which tells about the cruelty and atrocities of fascists against civilians, the courage and heroism of the Red Army soldiers shown during the liberation of the Belarusian land, the successful revival and restoration of the republic in the post-war period, the high level and active dynamics of Belarus-Vietnam cooperation.

The event was attended by representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Ministry of National Defense, other state administration bodies, military museums and educational institutions of Hanoi, mass media.

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