Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation of the Party CentralCommittee, State President, National Assembly (NA), Government and VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on May 19 paid tribute to latePresident Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on the occasion of his 132nd birthanniversary (May 19).
The delegation includes State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, NAChairman Vuong Dinh Hue, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong, andPresident of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien, among others.
They expressed their profound gratitude towards the lateleader who had devoted his whole life to the country’s liberation andreunification.
The delegation then laid a wreath in tribute to fallencombatants at the nearby Heroic Martyrs’ Monument.
Also on the day, delegations of the Central MilitaryCommission and Ministry of National Defence; Central Public Security Commissionand Ministry of Public Security; and the Party Committee, People’s Council andPeople’s Committee of Hanoi also laid wreaths in tribute to President Ho ChiMinh at his Mausoleum and fallen soldiers at the Heroic Martyrs’ Monument.
On June 5, 1911, Nguyen Tat Thanh, using the name of Van Ba,boarded vessel Latouche-Tréville in Vietnam and headed overseas to seek ways toliberate the country from the colonial rule.
During his 30-year journey, Nguyen Tat Thanh, who laterbecame President Ho Chi Minh, found a path to national liberation, turningVietnam into an independent, free, and unified country moving towardssocialism./.