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President Ho Chi Minh’s birth anniversary marked in Laos, Chile

The Vietnamese Consulate General in the Lao province of Savannakhet on May 18 held an incense offering ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House in Sayaphoum village, Kaysone Phomvihane township, to celebrate the late leader’s 128th birth anniversary (May 19).
President Ho Chi Minh’s birth anniversary marked in Laos, Chile ảnh 1At the ceremony in Kaysone Phomvihane township of Laos (Source: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – TheVietnamese Consulate General in the Lao province of Savannakhet on May 18 heldan incense offering ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House inSayaphoum village, Kaysone Phomvihane township, to celebrate the late leader’s128th birth anniversary (May 19).

Savannakhet is the place wherePresident Ho Chi Minh arrived after leaving Thailand’s Mukdahan city to study thesituation and launch a revolutionary campaign in June 1929.

Attending the event were Secretaryof the provincial Party Committee and Governor of Savannakhet SantiphapPhomvihane, Vietnamese Consul General in Savannakhet Tran Cong Thinh, Vietnamesenationals and corporate leaders working in the province.

Earlier, the administration ofthe Lao province of Khammouane also held an incense offering ceremony in SiengVang village, Nongbok district where the Vietnamese President worked from1928-1929.

As planned, the Vietnamese Associationin Savannakhet will organise a meeting to celebrate the 128th birthanniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19 evening.
President Ho Chi Minh’s birth anniversary marked in Laos, Chile ảnh 2Mayor of Cerro Navia district Mauro Tamayo (L) and Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son (Source: VNA)
A meeting marking the event wasalso co-organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Chile and the administration ofCerro Navia district on May 17.

Speaking at the event, Mayor ofCerro Navia district Mauro Tamayo said local people decided to name a parkafter President Ho Chi Minh to pay respect to the late leader.

He expressed wish to continueworking with the Vietnamese Embassy in Chile to hold cultural exchanges andexhibitions about Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to ChileNguyen Ngoc Son thanked the district’s authorities and people for receiving HoChi Minh Monument in the country, affirming that the Vietnamese Embassy inChile would strive to further tighten Vietnam-Chile ties as well asVietnam-CerroNavia relations founded by President Ho Chi Minh and President SalvadorAllende.

On the occasion, the VietnameseEmbassy in Chile granted several publications and photo books about Vietnam tothe Cerro Navia Cultural Centre.-VNA
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