Party chief pays homage to President Ho Chi Minh in Nghe An province

The delegation expressed their respect and gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh – the genius leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people, and an eminent figure of the international communist and workers’ movements.

Nghe An (VNA) – Party General Secretary To Lam and a working delegation on October 11 offered flowers and incense in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at Chung Son Temple dedicated to the revered leader's ancestors and at the Kim Lien special national relic site in the central province of Nghe An – the homeland of the late President.

At the relic site, they expressed their respect and gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh – the genius leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people, and an eminent figure of the international communist and workers’ movements.

Later the same day, General Secretary Lam and the delegation visited and presented gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Oanh, who was born in 1933 and has eight children, two of whom heroically sacrificed their lives.

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Party General Secretary To Lam and the working delegation at the house of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Oanh. (Photo: VNA)

In his conversation with the Vietnamese Heroic Mother, the Party leader enquired about her health and expressed his profound gratitude for the great sacrifices and contributions made by heroic mothers, war invalids, martyrs, and people with meritorious service to the cause of national liberation, construction, and defence.

He affirmed that the Party and State will always take care of policy beneficiary families and revolution contributors, ensuring they enjoy an increasingly better life./.

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