The three-day festival features a string of activities, including a flower offering to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his statue in Vinh city, a parade from Vinh city to his hometown in Sen village and an exhibition on the Party and Uncle Ho, plus various art performances, sporting events and folk games.

A performance at the opening ceremony of Sen Village Festival.

The highlight of the festival is a singing contest which gathers 12 art troupes from districts and towns in Nghe An province.

Also in celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth, an exhibition opened at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 17 in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

The exhibition displays 74 photos and documents recounting Uncle Ho’s activities during the period of time when he lived and worked at the Presidential Palace from December 19, 1954 to September 2, 1969.

The exhibits vividly illustrate the President’s huge contributions to national construction, defence and development, as well as to peace and social progress throughout the world.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and other delegates at the exhibition which opened at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 17.

Meanwhile, an exhibition opened at Ho Chi Minh Museum’s branch in Thua Thien – Hue province under the theme ‘Ho family in the west of Thua Thien – Hue: History and Witnesses’.

More than 250 pictures, documents and objects on display at the exhibition highlight the touching sentiment between President Ho Chi Minh and ethnic groups in the west of the province, who voluntarily adopted President Ho Chi Minh’s family name “Ho” to show gratitude towards the beloved President.

President Ho Chi Minh’s 129th birthday marked in Egypt

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on May 16 held a ceremony to mark the 129th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19). The event saw the attendance of Egyptian officials, ambassadors and representatives of foreign diplomatic corps in Egypt, international scholars and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the country. 

 

Over 45,000 people pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum welcomed 45,615 visitors, including 4,658 foreigners during the holidays in celebration of the 44th National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day, according to the mausoleum’s management board.

 

Biography of President Ho Chi Minh published in Bengali in Bangladesh

The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh has published a Bengali-language biography of President Ho Chi Minh, which was translated from an English edition published by The Gioi Publishers.

 

Ho Chi Minh Trail’s ending point recognised as special national relic

The ending point of the Truong Son Trail – the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail - at Km No. 1200 in Chon Thanh town in Chon Thanh district of the southern province of Binh Phuoc has been recognised as a special national relic in the Ho Chi Minh Trail historical relic system.

 

Ho Chi Minh City named among world’s culture destinations for 2019

Travel website Culture Trip has released a new listing of best places for a culture trip, and it includes Ho Chi Minh City.

 

Source: NDO