President Ho Chi Minh remembered abroad

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on May 19 held an incense-offering ceremony to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his 132nd birthday.

President Ho Chi Minh remembered abroad ảnh 1A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh visits Ho Chi Minh Museum in Phichit province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy inCambodia on May 19 held an incense-offering ceremony to pay tribute toPresident Ho Chi Minh on his 132nd birthday.

In his remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Huy Tang called onthe embassy’s staff and Vietnamese people in Cambodia to follow the latePresident’s ideology, morality and lifestyle.

They should seriously observe local law and supporteach other, he said, lauding Vietnamese firms and agencies in Cambodia for theirsupport to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin and local people during the COVID-19fight.

The Vietnamese community in Hungary and Hungarianfriends on May 18 also gathered at a ceremony in Zalaegerszeg city wherePresident Ho Chi Minh’s statue is located to pay homage to the late leader.

Góra Balázs, Chairman of the Hungarian SocialistParty’s Zalaegerszeg branch, recalled President Ho Chi Minh’s life and career,and affirmed that the President has passed down a great legacy for Vietnam andhumankind in many aspects.

Highlighting the President’s trip to Hungary in1957, Dr. Botz László, President of the Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association,said it has laid a firm foundation for the good friendship between peoples of thetwo countries.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Thao expressed herdelight at the continuous development of the comprehensive partnership betweenVietnam and Hungary, and her hope for stronger bilateral relations, as well asthe ties between Vietnam and Zalaegerszeg in economy, culture andpeople-to-people exchange.

On the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday,a delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Ambassador Phan ChiThanh visited Phichit where houses the Ho Chi Minh Museum.

This is one of the three relic sites dedicated tothe leader in Thailand, along with others in Udon Thani and Nakhon Phanom.

Phichit’s Governor Paiboon Nabutchom recalled thePresident’s stay in the province during his search for national salvation andextended local residents’ respect to the beloved leader. The official alsodescribed the museum as a symbol of the friendship between Vietnam andThailand.

Ambassador Thanh thanked the Thai government and Phichit’sauthorities for building and turning the museum into a destination wherevisitors learn about President Ho Chi Minh as well as Vietnamese land andpeople.

Mimasaka is the first city in Japan to havePresident Ho Chi Minh’s statue, which is located at the centre of theVietnam-Ho Chi Minh space in the Sakuto culture-art centre.

The statue is a special gift from Vietnam toauthorities and people of Mimasaka.

The city's Mayor Hagiwara Seiji noted his hope thatthe centre will serve as a venue where people come to pay tribute to the latePresident and learn about Vietnam’s history.

A statue of President Ho Chi Minh located in AcapulcoPark, Havana has been considered the “Vietnamese corner” in Cuba.

With the statue, inaugurated in 2004, localresidents have dubbed Acapulco Park as “Ho Chi Minh Park,” said SoraidaGonzález, a member of the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association’s branch in Acapulcoward.

Over the past 18 years, the association’s Acapulcobranch has welcomed hundreds of delegations from Vietnam and many others fromforeign countries who come to pay tribute to the President.

President Ho Chi Minh left good impressions on internationalfriends and won their hearts. Li Ming Han, from Hong Kong (China), has spentyears studying the world’s great man of culture.

Li Ming Han, at his 80, said he has read a lot ofbooks on President Ho Chi Minh, and published his own book portraying theleader in 2011.

He said not only Vietnamese but people across theworld, especially Chinese, including his family, have great respect to thePresident and always remember his image./.
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