Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ahead of Lunar New Year

The leaders showed their respects and deep gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh – a genius leader and national liberation hero who dedicated his whole life to the struggle for national liberation and reunification, and construction.

Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet). (Photo: VNA)
Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet). (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - A delegation of the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, State President, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee laid wreaths and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on February 13 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026.

The delegation included Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, President of the VFF Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai.

Also joining the delegation were former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; former NA Chairpersons Nguyen Sinh Hung and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Secretaries of the Party Central Committee, Vice State Presidents, NA Vice Chairpersons, Deputy PMs, and incumbent and former Party and State leaders.

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Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet). (Photo: VNA)

The wreaths laid by the delegation bore the inscription “Forever grateful to great President Ho Chi Minh.”

The leaders showed their respects and deep gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh – a genius leader and national liberation hero who dedicated his whole life to the struggle for national liberation and reunification, and construction. They pledged that the entire Party, armed forces and people of Vietnam will steadfastly pursue the path chosen by President Ho Chi Minh, creatively apply his thought, and advance the revolutionary cause he entrusted to future generations to new heights, striving to stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s major powers.

Following the ceremony, the delegation laid wreaths and offered incense in tribute to fallen heroes and martyrs at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bac Son street in Hanoi.

On the same morning, delegations from the Central Military Commission - the Ministry of National Defence, the Central Public Security Party Committee - the Ministry of Public Security, as well as the Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee of Hanoi also paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh and laid flowers at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs.

Incumbent and former leaders of the Party and State also laid wreaths and offered incense in tribute to veteran revolutionaries and fallen heroes at the Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi./.

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