Argentine media spotlights late President Ho Chi Minh

The media in Argentina has published work praising late President Ho Chi Minh’s contribution to national liberation on the occasion of the 127th anniversary of his birthday (May 19, 1890).
Argentine media spotlights late President Ho Chi Minh ảnh 1Late President Ho Chi Minh. (Photo: acercandonaciones.com)

Buenos Aires (VNA) - The media in Argentina has published work praising late President HoChi Minh’s contribution to national liberation on the occasion of the 127thanniversary of his birthday (May 19, 1890).

The article"Ho Chi Minh: One of the greatest leaders of the anti-imperialismstruggle" on the Latin American Summary magazine (Resumen Latinoamericano)highlighted his revolutionary activities when he traveled to the West in searchof national liberation under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc.

It described thelate President as a symbol of the cultural values and wisdom of the nation,while he was also an example of simplicity, love and faith in humans.

Meanwhile, anotherarticle on Argenpress.info said that, unlike many other Vietnamese patriots of histime who focused on the East, Uncle Ho headed West and did all kinds of work,for example, a cook assistant, waiter and journalist, to pursue therevolutionary path.

In the lastmoments of World War II in 1945, he took advantage of a unique historicalconjuncture, leading Vietnamese people on a triumphant general insurrection. Hethen proclaimed the independence of Vietnam before the world on September 2,1945, wrote the article.

Ho Chi Minh ledVietnamese people to put an end to the domination of France and opened a newera for Vietnam, the era of a new, independent and free Vietnam.

The page acercandonaciones.comof Argentina dedicated a large space for a portrayal of late President Ho ChiMinh with Vietnam’s national flag in the background alongside the article"Ho Chi Minh, a man of Peace."

According toauthor Jorge Tuero, Uncle Ho sacrificed his life to the struggle for nationalliberation and his death was a deep pain for Vietnamese hearts.

Tuero hailed HoChi Minh as a great leader and politician and a hero of Vietnam. To generationsof Vietnamese, President Ho Chi Minh will forever be remembered as the founderof modern Vietnam and the father of the nation, called by Vietnamese from allages Uncle Ho or Uncle, he said.-VNA
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