Published:  00:00 Tuesday - August 10, 2010

A 490-page handbook entitled “Days of war and peace” by an Russian expert of Vietnamese studies Evgheny Glazunov, has debuted on the occasion of the 60th diplomatic ties anniversary between Vietnam and Russia - the former USSR (1950-2010).

It includes nine chapters and numerous photos which focus on “Hanoian life”, “Indochina and Moscow”, “Long-lasting war” and “The friendship between Russia and the peoples Indochina”.

The author is the President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association. His story is based on his friendship with Vietnamese people and his experiences during his time working in socialist countries.

He is also the author of other books on Vietnam including the “War in Vietnam during 1965-1973” and “The Soviet Union -the unforgettable term”.

Evgheny Glazunov got the chance to meet the late President Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State. He used to live in Vietnam as a staff of the former Soviet Union Embassy in Hanoi in the early 1960s, and was in Vietnam during the US’s bombing of northern Vietnam in 1972.

After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Evgheny Glazunov became President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association.

His daughter is also an expert of Vietnamese studies and a lecturer in the Vietnamese language at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).