Countries, citizens worldwide honour President Ho Chi Minh’s life, revolutionary career
23/05/2023 02:50 PM
Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 – 2023).
Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 – 2023). According to Fernandez, UNESCO hounoured late President Ho Chi Minh as one of the great men of humanity, while countries and peoples worldwide also honorured his life and revolutionary career, and these remembrances are great reminders of his greatness. He emphasised that the CVFS deeply respects President Ho Chi Minh who led the Vietnam in the fight for national liberation, and wrote an indomitable page in the history of human struggle for a world without oppression, exploitation and war.
Vietnam is closely following President Ho Chi Minh’s diplomatic policy in international relations and the relationship with Canada in particular, he said. President Ho Chi Minh's foreign policy is based on the principle of non-interference in internal affairs of other countries; and recognising independence, sovereignty and self-determination of nations, he noted. The flexible and adaptable foreign policy was based on principles for world peace and social progress, he added. He showed his pleasure at the closer relations between Vietnam and Canada in recent years, expressing the hope that the trend will be maintained and further developed in the future.
Achieving national independence under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam he founded helped the Vietnamese people master and build their own future, he said. Vietnam also plays an important role in protecting independence and sovereignty of all countries in the United Nations (UN) as well as in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Fernandez stressed.
Indonesian media ran articles praising the great career and contributions of President Ho Chi Minh, and the close friendship between the Vietnamese late leader and the first leader of Indonesia Bung Karno, on the occasion of late President Ho Chi Minh's 133rd birth anniversary (May 19, 1890 - 2023).
In articles on Kompasiana and Myview.id, Veeramalla Anjaiah, a well-known journalist and senior researcher of the Centre for Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS), said that Paman Ho (the way Indonesian people affectionately call President Ho Chi Minh) was an outstanding leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), an elite leader of the national liberation movement, an exemplary communist, a close friend of those fighting for peace, independence, democracy and social progress in the world.
For Indonesia, Paman Ho has a special relationship and was a close friend of the founder of Indonesia Sukarno, the researcher said.
Indonesia was the first country in Southeast Asia to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam on December 30, 1955. To strengthen bilateral relations, Paman Ho arrived in Indonesia for a 10-day visit in February 1959 and was warmly received by President Sukarno and other leaders of the Indonesian government.
His morality, revolutionary spirit, and simple lifestyle were respected by many Indonesian politicians, researchers, journalists, and people. During his visit to Indonesia, the leader was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Padjadjaran in Bandung.
He devoted his whole life to the national liberation of the Vietnamese people, contributing to nations’ common struggle for peace, national independence, democracy, and social progress, the article said.
The life and career of President Ho Chi Minh have not only inspired many generations of Vietnamese people but also moved many professors and scholars of the Republic of Korea (RoK).
During an interview with the Vietnam News Agency in the RoK, Im Jin-ho, a professor at Chodang University, shared his research and plans to translate works about President Ho Chi Minh.
According to the professor, President Ho Chi Minh is an outstanding revolutionary, politician, and activist in the world.
He was also a military strategist, an outstanding diplomat who had an overview and accurate assessment of domestic and international situations to come up with effective diplomatic solutions, Im Jin-ho said,
The RoK professor also emphasised that the humanism in Ho Chi Minh's thought is associated with the tradition patriotism of the Vietnamese people.
He said that he is collecting and translating documents about President Ho Chi Minh so that they can be published into books.
A seminar on President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam was held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico on May 18, bringing together crowds of scholars and students.
Within the framework of the event, a photo exhibition on the country and people of Vietnam was arranged, while Vietnamese culinary culture was also introduced to Mexican friends through the Southeast Asian country's traditional dishes.
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