A ceremony to inaugurate a President Ho Chi Minh bust took place in Guadalajara city, in Mexico’s Jalisco state, on September 14.
A ceremony to inaugurate the President Ho Chi Minh bust took place
in Guadalajara city in Mexico’s Jalisco state on September 14 (Photo: VNA)
Addressing the ceremony, Mayor Enrique Ibarra Pedroza, of
Guadalajara city said the bust is a pride of the city and its people, while
member of the city’s council, Jeanette Velazquez Sedano, affirmed that the
legacy of President Ho Chi Minh will be everlasting.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico, Nguyen Hoai Duong, thanked the
local people for their sentiment towards President Ho Chi Minh and the
Vietnamese people.
He recalled the admiration of former Mexican President Lazaro
Cardenas for President Ho Chi Minh and Indian leader Mahatma Gandi, saying that
they spent their whole lives striving for national liberation and freedom.
The 60cm-high bronze statue, created by Mexican sculptor Saul
Hernandez, is the fourth one of President Ho Chi Minh to be installed in
Mexico.
Earlier, a statue of President Ho Chi Minh was inaugurated at the
Vietnamese Embassy’s headquarters in Mexico in 2015.
Meanwhile, a statue capturing President Ho Chi Minh working in the
Presidential Palace was placed in a park in Mexico City in 2010 and another was
unveiled on Miguel Aleman Avenue in Acapulco city in 2009.
Source: NDO
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.
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