Inauguration of the monument to astronaut Titov in Ha Long Bay

On September 14, at Ha Long Bay, the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province held the inauguration ceremony of the monument to Heroic Cosmonaut Gherman Titov.

Inauguration ceremony of the monument to Hero Cosmonaut Gherman Titov on Titov Island.

This activity took place on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam-Soviet Union Friendship Association and the Traditional Day of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association (1950-2015); the 80th birthday of space hero Gherman Titov (1935-2015).

Soviet space hero Gherman Titov is known to the world as the pilot of the Vostok II spacecraft successfully launched into space by the Soviet Union four months after the century-old flight of Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin - the world's first person to fly into space on the Vostok I spacecraft (April 12, 1961).

His successful flight into space was a great achievement of the Soviet Union in research and conquest of space at that time. He was the first person in the world to take pictures of the Earth's surface, the sky, the Moon and conduct important biomedical experiments from space, communicate by radio...

In January 1962, at the invitation of President Ho Chi Minh, he visited Vietnam. During this visit, President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese people gave him a special welcome and affection.

President Ho Chi Minh awarded him the title of Hero of Labor of Vietnam and accompanied him to many places. When visiting Ha Long Bay, President Ho Chi Minh named the beautiful island number 48 after the Russian astronaut Titov. And since then, Titov Island has become an indispensable destination for tourists visiting Ha Long Bay.

Hero of the Universe Gherman Titov, former President of the Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship Association, Honorary President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, is a great friend of the Vietnamese people. He made important contributions to the struggle for national liberation and reunification of the Vietnamese people and fostered the special friendship between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union, as well as the Russian Federation today.

With the desire to contribute to continuing to develop the precious traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation, Quang Ninh has coordinated and supported the Central Committee of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association in all aspects during the implementation of the project to build a monument to space hero Gherman Titov in Ha Long Bay.

The monument was completed with high quality in terms of ideology, technique and art, contributing to a unique architectural work, further honoring the historical-cultural and diplomatic values ​​between Vietnam and the Russian Federation, becoming a cultural and artistic work and tourism product on Ha Long Bay - a World Heritage and Natural Wonder./.

According to Vietnamtuorism