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Stilt houses associated with Uncle Ho’s revolutionary activities

Stilt houses associated with President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities

A photo exhibition featuring the life and revolutionary career of late President Ho Chi Minh in stilt houses was held in Hanoi on May 11.
Stilt houses associated with President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities ảnh 1The stilt house of late President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A photo exhibitionfeaturing the life and revolutionary career of late President Ho Chi Minh instilt houses was held in Hanoi on May 11.

The event is part of activities to celebrate the128th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890).

The exhibition was divided into three partstitled “President Ho Chi Minh and stilt houses in Viet Bac revolutionary base”,“Uncle Ho’s stilt house in Hanoi”, and “Uncle Ho’s stilt house – symbol ofthought, morality, style, national solidarity spirit and internationalintegration”.

A seminar was held the same day to promote theconservation of national relic sites recording the life and revolutionary careerof President Ho Chi Minh.

Participants shared stories about President HoChi Minh’s revolutionary activities associated with stilt houses.

President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in manyplaces in Vietnam as well as the world when he was alive. There are nearly700 relic sites across 35 cities and provinces relating to his life and revolutionarycareer.

Stilt houses had been attached to the Presidentwhen he was in the Viet Bac revolutionary base and then returned to Hanoicapital. 

Stilt houses associated with President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities ảnh 2Visitors to the photo exhibition on the stilt houses of President Ho Chi Minh that opens in Hanoi on May 11 (Photo: VNA)

The houses have become a close image toVietnamese people. The Presidential Palace’s relic site where President HoChi Minh lived and worked from late December 1954 to September 1969 is apopular destination for both domestic and foreign visitors with a stilt house, afishing pond, and orchards. 

During his 11-year stay in the stilt housethere from May 1958, President Ho Chi Minh along with Party and Governmentofficials mapped out a lot of important strategies and policies leading toVietnam’s victory. 

President Ho Chi Minh was born into a patrioticConfucian family in Nam Dan district, in the central province of Nghe An, onMay 19, 1890. 

He was a talented leader, a great master of theVietnamese Revolution, a national hero and a world cultural celebrity, who devotedall his life to the national independence and freedom and happiness of thepeople while tirelessly striving for peace and progress in the world. 

The President led the nation to success in thestruggle for national independence.

On September 2, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh readthe Declaration of Independence, declaring to the world the foundation of theDemocratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.-VNA
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