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Renovated statue of President Ho Chi Minh inaugurated in UK’s Newhaven

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Newhaven Town Council inaugurated the renovation of a bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Newhaven Museum on October 25 as part of activities to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the leader’s arrival in the UK (1913-2023) and the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-UK diplomatic relations.
Renovated statue of President Ho Chi Minh inaugurated in UK’s Newhaven ảnh 1The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Newhaven Town Council inaugurate the renovation of a bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Newhaven Museum on October 25, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) - The VietnameseEmbassy in the UK and the Newhaven Town Council inaugurated the renovation of a bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the NewhavenMuseum on October 25 as part of activities to celebrate the 110th anniversaryof the leader’s arrival in the UK (1913-2023) and the 50th founding anniversaryof Vietnam-UK diplomatic relations.

The statue was a gift from the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board to the Newhaven Museum via the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK in 2013 on theoccasion of the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s arrival in the UK.The renovation of the statue was implemented by the embassy with the support fromthe Newhaven Museum and the Vietnamese community in the European nation.

Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long recalled President Ho ChiMinh’s 30-year journey around the world to find a path to liberate the country,including his 4-year stay in the UK, starting May 1913.

Renovated statue of President Ho Chi Minh inaugurated in UK’s Newhaven ảnh 2Delegates lay flowers at the foundation stone of the memorial of President Ho Chi Minh in West Quay of Newhaven Harbour. (Photo: VNA)

The ambassador stressed thateven though the period President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in the UK was notlong, it was significant in shaping his political ideology, and laid thefoundation for the present flourishing strategic partnership between the twocountries.

He pointed to the special link between President Ho Chi Minh and Newhaven, thefirst stop of his arrival in the UK, expressing gratitude to the Mayor and theCouncil of Newhaven and the Vietnamese community in the UK for theirwholehearted support over the past years to preserve relics related toPresident Ho Chi Minh as well as their help to the statue renovation.

The diplomat hoped in the future, the Newhaven council will continue to supportthe preservation of these relics as well as have new projects to build orrenovate works honouring President Ho Chi Minh in Newhaven, contributing tofurther promoting the relationship between the two countries.

Mayor of Newhaven Julie Carr welcomed Vietnameseguests to the ceremony, expressing a hope that after this special event,Newhaven will receive more visitors from Vietnam, further tightening therelations between Newhaven and Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Newhaven Museum Graham Amy said he was grateful to the people ofVietnam for the beautiful bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh, which, according to him, now looks resplendent on the new standafter the renovation.

Amy said President Ho’s connection to Newhaven went back more than a century to1913 when he worked as a pastry chef on a cross-channelferry between the French town of Dieppe and Newhaven.

Peter Rhodes, a local resident who has lived inNewhaven since 1973, said it was special to him to be invited by the VietnameseAmbassador to attend the ceremony and meet lovely Vietnamese people.
Rhodes stressed that as ayoung person in the 1960s, he admired Vietnam and its people for theirresistance war and was proud of Newhaven’s links to President Ho Chi Minh andVietnam.

Before the inaugural ceremony at the Newhaven Museum, the Embassy of Vietnam inthe UK and the visiting Vietnamese delegations laid flowers at the foundationstone of the memorial of President Ho Chi Minh in West Quay of NewhavenHarbour./.
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