Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition of gifts that the late President Ho Chi Minh hadreceived or presented to others opened at the Ho Chi Minh museum in Hanoi onMay 18, as part of activities marking the leader’s 127th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890 – 2017).
On display are 79 items,which symbolise 79 years of Ho Chi Minh’s life.
Among the exhibits thereis an embroidery painting that Ho Chi Minh gave to lawyer Francis Henry Loseby,who defended the revolutionary leader at court when he was arrested by the HongKong administration between 1931 and 1933; and a wool cap the VietnamesePresident presented to French professor Pierre Biquard who joined in manyactivities protesting the US war in Vietnam.
Vu Manh Ha, head of the HoChi Minh museum, said the exhibition reminds of a difficult past and how caringHo Chi Minh was towards people around him.
The event lasts untilJuly.-VNA