Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh Cityheld a ceremony on May 15 to honour local role models in the campaign of studyingHo Chi Minh ideology and following the late President’s moral example on theoccasion of his 128th birthday (May 19, 1890-2018).
Addressing the ceremony, Politburo member and Secretary of HCM CityParty Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan stressed that President Ho Chi Minh is a nationalliberation hero, a world cultural celebrity. At the same time, he is thebeloved leader of the Vietnamese nation and a close friend of progressivemankind.
Nhan said he is proud of the 397 role models in the campaign offollowing the President’s moral example, and asked each official and Partymember in the city to continue study in order to thoroughly understand his thoughtsand unceasingly improve themselves, thus building a really strong and cleanParty organisation and maintaining the trust and support of the people.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tai, police chief of Tam Phu Ward (Thu Ducdistrict) is one of the role models. He was the initiator of the idea to cookand distribute free porridge to poor patients, which helped create the image offriendly and helpful police to the public.
Another honoured person is Dinh Thi Kim Phan, a retired teacher who hastaught children patients of cancer at the HCM City Oncology Hospital for morethan 10 years.
On the occasion, 155 individuals and units were conferred withcertificates of merit from the municipal Party Committee and 242 were awardedwith certificates of merit from the municipal Party Committee’s Commission ofEducation and Popularisation.
The 10th-tenure Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnamissued Directive 06 in 2006 to launch the campaign of studying Ho Chi Minhideology and following the late President’s moral example, and the 11th-tenureissued Directive 03 in 2011 to push the movement a step further.-VNA
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