Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi expressed his honour to participate in the exhibition of painter Tuman Zhumabaev, who had visited Vietnam many times and has many beautiful works about the country and President Ho Chi Minh.

He highlighted the significance of the exhibition, as it takes place on the occasion of the late leader’s 135th birthday, and in St. Petersburg, previously Petrograd, which was the first place in Russia that President Ho Chi Minh set foot on June 30, 1923 on his journey to find a way to save the country.

The diplomat thanked the wife of the late painter for her great efforts in preserving the precious paintings and hoped that these works will continue to be exhibited in Moscow and Vietnam.

Zhana Zhumabaeva, the wife of the artist, shared that his love for Vietnam and its people originated from his Vietnamese friend Nguyen Giang, whom he met while studying at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. After graduation, this friend invited Tuman Zhumabaev to visit Vietnam, and over time, his affection for the Southeast Asian country and its people grew stronger. This deep connection led the artist to visit Vietnam 24 times between 2002 and 2020 to create the artworks now displayed at the exhibition./.