Late President Ho Chi Minh spent the early days after returning from Europe in the northern Thai province of Phichit to prepare for the establishment of a single party in Vietnam.
Late President Ho Chi Minh’s life and career were highlighted at a symposium held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on May 6 to mark his 130th birthday ( May 19).
The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile and authorities of Cerro Navia district in the capital city of Santiago held a ceremony on December 19 to inaugurate the upgraded Ho Chi Minh Park.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 19 offered incense in tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 inside the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi, where the nation’s beloved leader breathed his last.
The National Special National Relic Site Commemorating President Ho Chi Minh in his hometown of Kim Lien Village, Nam Dan District, the central province of Nghe An will be developed to become a destination for revolutionary education and a tourism complex under a master plan recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, was held in Hanoi on January 31with a string of cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).