The management board of the translation project (Photo: VOV)Vientiane (VNA) – The Laoversion of the first volume of the Ho Chi Minh Complete Works were introduced ata ceremony in Vientiane on September 1.
The book was the initial result of a jointproject between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the LaoNational Academy of Politics and Public Administration to translate thecomplete works from Vietnamese into Lao.
The project, which also aims to compile adictionary for Ho Chi Minh studies, is part of the cooperation agreementsecured by the two countries’ parties and governments.
It was started in May 2016 and is projectedto complete in 2018, with 700 copies of the 10,000-page Complete Works to be printed.
Speaking at the ceremony, ThongsalithMangnomek, Director of the Lao academy, said besides the published first volume,the two academies have basically completed the translation of the second toeighth volumes.
He said the debut of the first volume notonly serves the study and research at Lao educational establishments, but alsois part of practical activities in celebration of the Vietnam – Laos FriendshipYear 2017.
In 2011, Vietnam’s National PoliticalPublishing House launched the third edition of the complete works, whichincludes 15 volumes containing 3,300 pieces of written works by President HoChi Minh.
Itreflects the process of national salvation and the writer’s profound andcomprehensive viewpoints on fundamental issues of Vietnam’s revolution.-VNA
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