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The
Vietnamese communities in France, Russia and Cambodia on May
16 held celebrations of President Ho Chi Minh’s 118th
birth anniversary, which falls on May 19.
In Paris,
the Vietnamese embassy staff paid a floral respect to the
nation’s first President at Compoint alley where President
Ho lived in 1920s.
The
celebrations continued with a memorial ceremony at the
Montreau Park, Montreuil city, 15 kilometres off Paris,
where Ambassador Le Kinh Tai was joined with the municipal
Honourable Mayor and Congressman Jean-Pierre Brad and deputy
mayor Patrick Petitjean. They laid a floral wreath at the
Monument dedicated to President Ho in the presence of
representatives from local authorities and people.
The two
French dignitaries said it is an honour for their city to
hold the Vietnamese people’s beloved Uncle Ho statue.
President
Ho Chi Minh is a brilliant man of history and the father of
the heroic Vietnamese people in the struggle against
colonialists and turning Vietnam into an independent and
sovereign nation, they said.
They also
expressed satisfaction at the recent fine development of the
traditional friendship and cooperation between the two
nations.
In Moscow,
Russia, the Vietnam Literature and Art Association in Russia
joined the Vietnamese embassy and Vecsa Company to hold a
poem night under the theme “Ho Chi Minh - the most beautiful
name.”
In Phnom
Penh, the Vietnamese-Cambodian Association in the Cambodian
capital city held a ceremony for the same purpose, where
they launched a movement to follow President Ho’s example
among the Vietnamese community. (VNA) |
