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Foreign friends retain an affection for Vietnam

Eighty foreign guests who attended a get-together to mark Vietnam ’s 65th National Day, also visited the Dinh Hoa safe zone in Thai Nguyen province’s former revolutionary base on August 31.
Eighty foreign guests who attended a get-together to mark Vietnam ’s65th National Day, also visited the Dinh Hoa safe zone in Thai Nguyenprovince’s former revolutionary base on August 31.

Many have visited Vietnam several times before, however, this is thefirst time any of them had visited the Dinh Hoa safe zone, which gavethem a deeper understanding of Vietnam.

Former Chineseexpert Meng Yi, who was in Thai Nguyen during Vietnam ’s war ofresistance against the US when she was 17 years old, was moved totears when burning incense at President Ho Chi Minh's monument.

“Our anti-aircraft gun unit in Thai Nguyen was to protect the miningoperations and industrial areas there at that time. We heard thatPresident Ho Chi Minh was in Thai Nguyen too, however we never met him.”

George Burchett, the son of Australian reporter WilfredBurchett, who met and interviewed President Ho Chi Minh in the safe zonein March 1954, said that the visit was a very touching moment for him.

Pallab Sengupta, the Secretary General of the AllIndia Peace and Solidarity Organisation also stated that his love forVietnam will never change.

In the 1970s, he and many other Indian people had demonstrated against the war in Vietnam .

The delegation also included people from Laos who had protectedVietnamese soldiers during the war, former Russian military specialistsand peace activists as well as representatives of non-governmentalorganisations that have helped Vietnam in its reconstruction andsocio-economic development during the renovation process.

Huan Qing Yuan, a former Chinese expert expressed his pleasure at how well Vietnam has developed./.
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