NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and officials besides the nameplate of the Ho Chi Minh Park in Havana. (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – National Assembly(NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony renaming the Peace Park inPlaza district, Havana, to Ho Chi Minh in honour of the late Vietnamese President and attaching a plate recording his lifeand career at the park on April 20 afternoon (Cuban time).
The event was also attended by VicePresident of the NA of the People’s Power of Cuba Ana María Mari Machado,officials of Havana city and Plaza district, along with a number of localresidents.
Addressing the ceremony, Chairman Huestressed that Vietnam and Cuba share many similarities in terms of history,revolutionary ideal, and the tradition of struggling for national independence,freedom, and liberation. Their exemplary and faithful comradeship andfraternity have been nurtured by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castroand generations of the two countries’ leaders.
Cuba is proud of President FidelCastro, and Vietnam is proud of President Ho Chi Minh – a beloved leader of theVietnamese people who is also admired by the people in Cuba and the world, henoted, describing the monument to President Ho Chi Minh, designed by architect JoelDiaz – Vice Chairman of the Cuba - Vietnam Friendship Association, at the PeacePark as a demonstration of the Cuban people’s special sentiment towards thelate leader of Vietnam.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue delivers a speech in front of the monument to President Ho Chi Minh at the park renaming ceremony on April 20 afternoon (Cuban time). (Photo: VNA)
He considered the renaming of thepark as a symbolic milestone of the Vietnam - Cuba special friendship, expressinghis heartfelt appreciation of the Cuban people’s sentiment.
The Chairman also voiced his hopethat the administration and people of Plaza district of Havana will continuepreserving the park so that it can be an ever-lasting symbol in the heart ofeach Cuban and Vietnamese.
For his part, Havana Governor Reinaldo García Zapata said his city is proud tohave a park named after President Ho Chi Minh, who together with Hero JoséMartí and leader Fidel Castro of Cuba laid the foundation for the two countries’special, exemplary, and faithful solidarity.
He added that on May 19 this year,Cuba will hold meaningful activities at the Ho Chi Minh Park to commemorate HeroJosé Martí and the birth anniversary of the late Vietnamese leader./.
