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Library helps nurture Vietnam - Italy relations

With more than 5,000 books in Italian, Vietnamese, and other languages, the “Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam” Library in Todi, a city in the Italian region of Umbria, has become a destination for Italian and international visitors wishing to learn about Vietnam and its late leader.
Library helps nurture Vietnam - Italy relations ảnh 1A representative of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy visits the “Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam” Library in Todi city. (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – With more than 5,000 books in Italian,Vietnamese, and other languages, the “Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam” Library in Todi,a city in the Italian region of Umbria, has become a destination for Italian andinternational visitors wishing to learn about Vietnam and its late leader.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency,Todi Mayor Antonino Ruggiano said the library dedicated to President HoChi Minh and Vietnam holds great significance as it helps the city connect withthe revolutionary leader and Vietnam, one of the most charming andextraordinary countries in the Orient. It also gives locals a chance to gain aninsight into the history of Vietnam, as well as the important role of Ho ChiMinh and his journey in the 20th century to seek independence and freedomfor the country.

Local authorities plan to hold several events and workshopsto help Italian people, including those in Todi, learn more about President Ho Chi Minhand Vietnam, he noted.

The library is set to open a centre for the Vietnameseculture studies to serve scholars and students as well as those interested in this topic. It will also organise conferences andmeetings to look into the past and current Vietnam from cultural, social,political, and economic dimensions.

Library helps nurture Vietnam - Italy relations ảnh 2Mayor of Todi city Antonino Ruggiano grants an interview to the Vietnam News Agency. (Photo: VNA)
In particular, with support from the Todi administration andthe Vietnamese Embassy in Italy, the library will hold a conference on the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ relations.

Giuseppe Bearzi, Honorary President of INTRA, a cultural, non-political,and non-profit association that coordinated with Todi city and NoraTagliazucchi to establish the library, said the image of President Ho Chi Minhin Vietnam is like that of revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy inthe 19th century, noting that both led resistance wars to put an endto the separation of their countries and regain complete national reunification.

All the books about President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam at the libraryhave been listed on the Anobii social network so that they can be known aroundthe world.

Deana Mannaioli, Chairwoman of the Pegaso cultural association,described the history of Vietnam with the struggle for peace led by PresidentHo Chi Minh as very special, expressing her hope that the Italian people who havebeen cooperating with Vietnam will jointly share these knowledge and historicalvalues./.
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