Addressing the ceremony, Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial PartyCommittee Tran Van Hang highlighted President Ho Chi Minh’s greatcontributions to the country, saying that his thoughts and moral examplewill encourage the Vietnamese people, under the leadership of theCommunist Party of Vietnam, to build Vietnam into a strong country withwealthy people and an equitable, democratic and civilised society.
Also on May 16, delegates burnt incense and offered flowers at the KimLien relics.
Earlier on May 15, the Sen (Lotus) Village Festival 2010 opened inNghe An province for the same purpose.
The festival also aims to mark 20 years of UNESCO recognition ofPresident Ho Chi Minh as a national liberation hero and Vietnam’spreeminent culturist.
The festival will include a flower offering at President Ho’s monumentin Vinh city and the procession of his portraits all the way from Vinhto Sen village.
There will be photo and painting exhibitions, film screenings on thenation’s beloved leader as well as the traditional martial artsperformance.
On May 16, almost 10,000 people, including foreigners who are livingand working in the city named after Uncle Ho, joined in a walk to markPresident Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.
The walk also looks towards the grand ceremony to the mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi./.