The 125th birthday of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), the founderof contemporary Vietnam, was celebrated with separate events inEuropean and Asian countries.
In France, theVietnamese Embassy, representative agencies and expatriates offeredincense at Ho Chi Minh’s altar at the embassy headquarters where theleader stayed from 1921 to 1923.
Officials of Montreuil city in the suburb of Paris joined them to lay a wreath at his statue at the Montreau Park.
Montreuil Mayor Patrice Bessac said President Ho not only foundedmodern Vietnam but also helped shape the world, adding that he and otherofficials, including the late General Vo Nguyen Giap, led Vietnam todecisive victories in the struggle for national independence and freedomwelcomed by all nations fighting colonial oppression in the world.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and expatriates also laid a wreath atthe Ho Chi Minh monument at a square named after him in Moscow.
On this occasion, the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association announcedfour Russian winners of a knowledge competition on the late leader.
Meanwhile, a ceremony marking President Ho’s birthday was held at theSaint Petersburg State University in Saint Petersburg.
A leader of the university said the celebration is an annual activityto honour an excellent man and acknowledge his great efforts in buildingand nurturing the friendship between Vietnam and Russia, formerly knownas the Soviet Union.
Also on May 19, a similaractivity took place at the commemorative site of Ho Chi Minh inXiengvang village of the Lao province of Khammouane, attended byrepresentatives from Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
ThePresident conducted revolutionary activities in Laos’s SavannakhetTownship and Xiengvang village between 1928 and 1929. Due to hiscontributions to the local revolutionary movement, the Lao People’sRevolutionary Party built a commemorative site in the village featuringphotos and documents on his stay there and Laos’s fight for nationalliberation.
A commemorative function for the late President was also held in Egypt the same day.-VNA
In France, theVietnamese Embassy, representative agencies and expatriates offeredincense at Ho Chi Minh’s altar at the embassy headquarters where theleader stayed from 1921 to 1923.
Officials of Montreuil city in the suburb of Paris joined them to lay a wreath at his statue at the Montreau Park.
Montreuil Mayor Patrice Bessac said President Ho not only foundedmodern Vietnam but also helped shape the world, adding that he and otherofficials, including the late General Vo Nguyen Giap, led Vietnam todecisive victories in the struggle for national independence and freedomwelcomed by all nations fighting colonial oppression in the world.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and expatriates also laid a wreath atthe Ho Chi Minh monument at a square named after him in Moscow.
On this occasion, the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association announcedfour Russian winners of a knowledge competition on the late leader.
Meanwhile, a ceremony marking President Ho’s birthday was held at theSaint Petersburg State University in Saint Petersburg.
A leader of the university said the celebration is an annual activityto honour an excellent man and acknowledge his great efforts in buildingand nurturing the friendship between Vietnam and Russia, formerly knownas the Soviet Union.
Also on May 19, a similaractivity took place at the commemorative site of Ho Chi Minh inXiengvang village of the Lao province of Khammouane, attended byrepresentatives from Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
ThePresident conducted revolutionary activities in Laos’s SavannakhetTownship and Xiengvang village between 1928 and 1929. Due to hiscontributions to the local revolutionary movement, the Lao People’sRevolutionary Party built a commemorative site in the village featuringphotos and documents on his stay there and Laos’s fight for nationalliberation.
A commemorative function for the late President was also held in Egypt the same day.-VNA
