Vietnamese soldiers prepare for Red Square parade in Moscow

HANOI: Vietnam will send 68 soldiers to Moscow to take part in the 80th Victory Day parade marking the Soviet triumph in World War II.

Sixty-eight servicemen from the Army Officer Training School No. 1 are in intensive training to represent the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) at a parade in Moscow’s iconic Red Square to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9.