Speaking at the opening ceremony, General Director of the UNEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Irina Bokovaexpressed her respect to President Ho Chi Minh, who founded theindependent Vietnam country, saying that firstly being a poet, ajournalist and a teacher, Ho Chi Minh was deeply aware of the importanceof education for people.
Ho Chi Minh is an example of the lifelong study, she said.
As the UNESCO General Director, Irina Bokova praised Vietnam as it hasspent 20 percent of its budget for education and is making every effortto build a studious society.
UNESCO pledges to standside by side with Vietnam during its cause of educational developmentand support the country to establish a lifelong study centre in Hanoi,she stressed.
According to Minister of Culture, Sportsand Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, the exhibition is also being heldconcurrently at the Ho Chi Minh Museum’s branches in Ho Chi Minh City,the central province of Nghe An and the northern mountainous province ofCao Bang.
During her Vietnam visit, the UNESCO leaderpresented the book of the UNESCO General Assembly resolutions issuedduring its 24th session from October 20 and November 20, 1987,including Resolution 18.65 on honouring Ho Chi Minh as a Vietnamese hero ofnational liberation and great man of culture./.