President sent condolences following cosmonaut’s death

Gorbatko was twice awarded the prestigious Hero of the Soviet Union distinction. — Photo www.ndtv.com

HÀ NỘI — President Trần Đại Quang on Thursday sent a message of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin following the death of cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko.

Gorbatko died in Moscow at age  八 二 on Wednesday.

The Russian cosmonaut and Hero Phạm Tuân of Việt Nam were members of a historic flight into space in  一 九 八0.

President Quang also offered his condolences to Gorbatko’s family. — VNS