VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Party and State leaders on September 2 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the Monument to fallen soldiers on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of National Day.

The high-ranking delegation included Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An along with other Politburo members and members from the Party Central Committee.

The leaders expressed their profound gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh in remembrance of his great contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

After visiting the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the delegation laid wreaths, and burnt incense at the Memorial of Heroic Martyrs to commemorate their sacrifices for the cause of national liberation struggle for independence, freedom and people’s happiness.

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong also offered incense at the House No 67 in the President Ho Chi Minh relic site, where President Ho Chi Minh passed away on September 2, 1969.

The Party Chief called on generations of Vietnamese people to promote heritage value that President Ho Chi Minh left behind for the Vietnamese Party, army and people.

He highlighted the significance of the celebration of Vietnam’s National Day and 45 years of carrying out President Ho Chi Minh’s testament.

“President Ho Chi Minh's will is a special masterpiece in which each statement, each word embraces with his wisdom, dignity, ideology and sentiment” Trong said.

Meeting with staff of the relic, the Party leader urged them to fulfil their tasks  thus promoting President Ho Chi Minh’s shining example to international friends.

The same day, delegations from the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also paid homage to President HCM and offered incense to commemorate fallen soldiers.

Meanwhile, thousands of people from all parts of the country gathered at the historic Ba Dinh Square to pay their respect to President Ho Chi Minh.

Incense offering for late President on National Day

An incense-offering ceremony in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh was held in HCM City on September 1 to mark the 69th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Attendees included Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Public Security Minister Tran Dai Quang, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai along with revolutionary war veterans and representatives from organizations, businesses and schools.

Senior leaders and delegates burnt incense and placed flowers on the altar and portrait of President Ho Chi Minh, expressing their great gratitude to the beloved leader and the national liberation hero who made significant contributions and devoted all his life to national independence, freedom and happiness.

After the incense offering ceremony, they visited and heard an introduction on   photo exhibition reviewing 45 years of carrying out President HCM’s testament hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Museum’s HCM City Branch.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum’s HCM City Branch was known as Nha Rong Wharf, where patriotic Vietnamese man Nguyen Tat Thanh went abroad to look for a way to save the country in 1911.

After more than 30 years of travelling abroad, Nguyen Tat Thanh, later President Ho Chi Minh, became a revolutionary leader who led the Vietnamese people to make a great success of the August Revolution in 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On the occasion, HCM City hosted an array of photo exhibitions featuring many photos and documents having great values and presenting an overview of historical circumstances and struggles to win the great victories of the Vietnamese army and people, from the revolutionary movements that culminated by an historic uprising in August 1945 and the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Exhibitions, running until September 10, also highlighted the public unanimity, the effective mobilization of social resources and combined strength of the whole political system in building new rural areas in Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: VOV