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

Related Topics


Initial workdays of merged departments, agencies: A smooth transition

March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.

Kim Boi integrates organisational apparatus restructuring with political task implementation

Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has thoroughly implemented and adhered to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on restructuring the organisational apparatus of the political system towards a streamlined, efficient, and effective direction, ensuring no disruption of work.

Da Bac works hard on streamlising political apparatus

By mid-February, Da Bac district completed a plan to streamline its organisational apparatus and personnel work, marking a milestone in efforts to promote restructuring towards a leaner, more efficient organisational system, closely following directives from the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, and Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee and Conclusion No. 1103-KL/TU by the provincial Party Organisation’s standing board.

Kim Boi commune Party Committee develops "four-good Party cell" model

Imbued with President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "The Party cell are the Party’s grassroots foundations. A strong Party cell ensures the effective implementation of the Party’s policies and continuous progress in all tasks," the Party Committee of Kim Boi commune, Kim Boi District, has rolled out the "four-good Party cell" model. The initiative has created a positive change, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting spirit of Party organisations and their members.

Hoa Binh province discusses key socio-economic development plans

The Standing Committee of the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee convened on February 27 to discuss key socio-economic development plans, with Party Secretary Nguyen Phi Long chairing the meeting.

First meeting of Party committee of Hoa Binh Party agencies

The first meeting of the Party committee of Hoa Binh Party agencies for the 2020-2025 period was held on February 26.alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long attended the event.