Uncle Ho and his great love for children

President Ho Chi Minh visits Vietnamese and Soviet kids in an international summer camp in Tukovo, 90km from Moscow, July 16, 1957 (Photo: VNA archives)

President Ho Chi Minh always cares about children, 1950 (Photo: VNA archives)

President Ho Chi Minh feeds a child when visiting a kid camp in Viet Bac battlefield, 1950 (Photo: VNA archives)

President Ho Chi Minh visits children of workers at Sao Vang rubber, Hanoi soap and Thang Long cigarette factories, February 15, 1961 (Photo: VNA archives)

Kids in Vinh City Children’s Camp in Nghe An province welcome President Ho Chi Minh, June 1967 (Photo: VNA archives)

President Ho Chi Minh and Soviet children at Artek International Summer Camp in Crimea peninsula, August 23, 1957 (Photo: TASS/VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits a kindergarten in Beijing, China, June 27, 1955 (Photo: VNA)

At the farewell ceremony for President Ho Chi Minh in Beijing, a Chinese little girl asks President Ho Chi Minh to transfer her letter to Vietnamese kids, August 30, 1957 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh with kids in Vinh Phuc province in Tet holiday, 1956 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh puts a Pioneer’s red scarf on a kid representative at the 30th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, 1960 (Photo: VNA archives)

Pupils from Trung Vuong secondary school wish President Ho Chi Minh happy birthday, May 19, 1956 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh sings and dances with childrens at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of International Children’s Day, June 1, 1960 (Photo: VNA)

Children are welcomed by President Ho Chi Minh on Mid-Autumn Festival at the Presidential Palace, 1961 (Photo: VNA)