Deputy Ambassador of Vietnam to Belgium Le Vinh Thang at the training course on Ho Chi Minh's thought held for the first time in Brussels. (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) - A two-day training course on Ho Chi Minh'sthought and Vietnam's path to socialism has been held for the first time inBrussels.
It is part of this year’s Marxist School edition which attractednearly 200 participants from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
The edition was resumed after two-year hiatus due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The lecturer, Deputy Ambassador of Vietnam to Belgium Le Vinh Thang briefed the participants on the lifeand revolutionary career of the great leader who led the Vietnamese people to national independence and paved the way for the country to socialism.
Thang also made known anarticle by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on the path towardsocialism in Vietnam to the participants.
67-year-old Leen Swinnent fromBelgium, one of the oldest among the participants, said she was very excited to learnabout the national liberation the late leader followed in the film entitled"Ho Chi Minh - Portrait of a Man" and screened during the course.
Maxence Staquet, Rector of theMarxist School, said that the school wishes to promote the path to buildingsocialism in Vietnam, which is initiated and led by President Ho Chi Minh, because people in Belgium and Europe have little knowledge about Vietnam.
Staquet acknowledged that he heard about the country through wars, but Vietnam is developing very fast and has recorded manyachievements in the fight against poverty and ensuring social justice, addingthat the Southeast Asia country will be included in the school’s teachingcurriculum in the coming time./.
