Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dung (centre) speaks at the auction of photos on the ocassion of the 128th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Many activities have been held byVietnamese people in Spain, Germany and Mexico to mark the 128th birthanniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890).
On May 19, the Vietnamese Embassy in Spainexhibited and auctioned 20 artistic photos to raise funds for disadvantagedchildren in Vietnam.
The event, organised in coordination withphotographer Tran Viet Ha and jewellery and auction company DURAN, attracted150 participants, including many foreigners and representatives of the diplomaticcorps in Madrid.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dungstressed the importance of the cultural diplomatic activity on the occasion ofthe 128th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and the 41st founding anniversaryof Vietnam-Spain diplomatic ties (May 23, 1977).
A sum of money equivalent to 100 million VND(nearly 4.400 USD) was collected from the auction of 15 photos. The otherphotos can be bought via the website of DURAN.
Later the same day, the embassy held a meetingwith about 70 Spanish families adopting Vietnamese children.
Nearly 2,000 families across Spain have adoptedVietnamese children over the past two decades.
Also on May 19, the Association of Fellow Countrymenof Nghe An province in Germany organised a celebration of the 128th birthanniversary of President Ho Chi Minh at the Dong Xuan Centre in Berlin.
Nghe An, a province in central Vietnam, is the home provinceof Ho Chi Minh.
A singing performance at the celebration of President Ho Chi Minh's 128th birthday in Berlin (Photo: VNA)In his speech, Chairman of the Association ofFellow Countrymen of Nghe An Tran Van Dung reviewed the life and career of thelate leader, affirming the pride in and endless tribute to President Ho ChiMinh.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany DoanXuan Hung highlighted the leader’s enormous contributions to the fight for theindependence of Vietnam and the struggle for peace, national independence,democracy and social progress around the world.
Earlier, the embassy staff and the Associationof Nghe An Fellow Countrymen paid respect to Ho Chi Minh at the memorial sitededicated to the President in Moritzburg town, about 15km to the northwest ofDresden city. The memorial site, located in the campus of the previousKäthe-Kollwitz-Heim school, was set up shortly after Ho Chi Minh visited theschool 61 years ago.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese people in Mexico paidtribute to the leader in front of his statue in Mexico City on May 19. TheVietnamese Embassy in Mexico also held a number of activities in May tocelebrate the late President’s birthday and 43 years of the two countries’diplomatic relations (May 19, 1975).
President Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was thefounder of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He founded and led the Vietnameserevolution to victory with the establishment of the Democratic Republic ofVietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in 1945.-VNA
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