On May 25, Head of METROPOL Group and Chairman of the Vietnam-Russia Business Council M.V. Slipenchuk gave a speech at the official event held on the occasion of termination by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Russian Federation Bui Dihn Dihn of his mission.

M.V. Slipenchuk gave a high rating to the achievements of the Vietnamese Ambassador in the development and strengthening of the Russian-Vietnamese economic cooperation noting, in particular, his high professional expertise and non-formal approach to various matters. “As the Chairman of the Vietnam-Russia Business Council, I have felt very comfortable working with you all over these years,” said M.V. Slipenchuk. “I have always felt your support.”

To illustrate high professional skills of the Ambassador, M.V. Slipenchuk told about a trip to Vietnam organized by the Business Council and METROPOL Group for Russian and international investors in November 2007:

“It was necessary to arrange for Vietnamese visas to be issued to more than one hundred participants of the event. Departure was scheduled for Sunday, and on Saturday we were told that there were several more persons wishing to join the delegation. We contacted Mr. Bui Dihn Dihn. As a result, the Embassy of Vietnam opened on Sunday, and visas were issued to those who wished to join. It was an extremely rare case in the diplomatic practice! Who else would be able to take such a step? Probably, it should be a person really committed to his duties!»
The event was attended by Vice Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation I.I. Melnikov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia A.N. Borodavkin and representatives Russian non-governmental organizations and companies cooperating with Vietnam.