The signing ceremony was called " the Forum of Vietnamese and Russian University Principals".

The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Minister of Education and Training - Mr. Le Hai An, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation - Mr. Medvedev Alexey Mikhailovich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Vietnam - Mr. Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov.

IFI had a cooperation agreement with Moscow National University of Languages.