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President Ho Chi Minh’s thought promoted abroad

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 25 held a conference to review activities abroad honouring President Ho Chi Minh - a hero of national liberation and a great man of culture - over the past decade.
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President Ho Chi Minh’s thought promoted abroad ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (right) and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung co-chair the conference. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 25 held aconference to review activities abroad honouring President Ho Chi Minh - a heroof national liberation and a great man of culture - over the past decade.

Inhis remarks, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressedthe significance of the UNESCO Resolution adopted in 1987 marking thecentennial birthday of President Ho Chi Minh as a hero of national liberationand a great man of culture.

Thedocument said the President is an outstanding symbol of national affirmation,who devoted his whole life to the national liberation of the Vietnamese people,contributing to the common struggle of peoples for peace, nationalindependence, democracy and social progress.

Italso highlighted the late leader’s important and multifaceted contributions inthe fields of culture, education and arts, Minh said.

Overthe past ten years, ministries, agencies, localities and overseas representativeoffices of Vietnam have carried out plans and activities to honour President HoChi Minh as a hero of national liberation and a great man of culture, helpingpromote Vietnam’s image to the world, he stressed.

Headded that more work needs to be done in order to raise the efficiency of theseactivities, while ensuring the sustainability and pervasiveness of their outcomes.

Accordingto Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, various activities have beenorganised in all continents through the network of Vietnamese representativeoffices to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh.

Suchactivities have received the warm response of local political parties, scholarsand media, contributing to spreading the President’s thought, morality,personality and talents, he said.

Inaddition, a total of 35 statues of President Ho Chi Minh have been installed in22 countries worldwide, he said, adding that apart from relic sites, manymuseums and memorial sites dedicated to the Vietnamese leader have been builtand upgraded.

Manycountries have also named schools, streets and squares after President Ho ChiMinh and issued publications and made films featuring his life and career,Trung said. 

Onthe sidelines of the conference, the foreign ministry and the State Records AndArchives Department of Vietnam co-organised an exhibition on President Ho ChiMinh./.
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