Minister of Foreign Affairs offers flowers and incense at Kim Lien Relic Site

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and leaders of Nghe An province visited the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site (Nam Dan) to offer flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

Also attending were comrade Pham Quang Hieu - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; leaders of the Party Committee, Trade Union of the Ministry, National Border Committee, departments, offices and heads of representative agencies of Vietnam abroad.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Khanh Thuc - Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Delegates perform a ceremony to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

In a sacred and respectful atmosphere, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and the delegation offered flowers and incense to commemorate and express their infinite gratitude and deep respect for President Ho Chi Minh.

President Ho Chi Minh was a genius leader and outstanding diplomat who founded modern Vietnamese diplomacy. His diplomatic ideology encompasses the principles, content, methods, styles and art of diplomacy.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son offers flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son offers incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Ho Chi Minh promoted fundamental national rights, including national independence associated with socialism, national sovereignty, territorial integrity, national unity, peace and resistance to aggressive wars.

He emphasized that diplomacy “must always serve the interests of the nation”; independence, autonomy, self-reliance, and self-strengthening must be closely linked to international solidarity and cooperation. Ho Chi Minh’s diplomacy is the skillful application of “5 knowledges”: Know yourself, know others, know the times, know when to stop, and know when to change.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy offers incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung offers incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

Over the years, with the motto: "Affection, sincerity, trust, equality, respect, efficiency, and mutual development", the Diplomatic sector has closely coordinated with the Party's foreign affairs, people's foreign affairs, and all levels and sectors to synchronously and effectively implement foreign affairs activities, making an important contribution to the cause of innovation, building a prosperous, strong, democratic, equitable, civilized Vietnam and firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

Delegates respectfully commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son writes in the Memorial Book of Kim Lien Special National Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son visits Kim Lien National Special Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and leaders of Nghe An province and delegates took a souvenir photo at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Duy

Previously, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and the delegation and leaders of Nghe An province offered flowers and incense at Chung Son Temple - the temple worshipping the ancestors of President Ho Chi Minh.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and the delegation offered incense at Chung Son Temple. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son offers incense at Chung Son Temple. Photo: Thanh Duy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and the delegation held a memorial ceremony at Chung Son Temple. Photo: Thanh Duy

During his working program in Nghe An, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended the Conference to review 10 years of implementing the Resolution of the 8th Central Committee (11th tenure) on "Strategy for protecting the Fatherland in the new situation" organized by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee this morning and worked with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of the People's Committee of Nghe An province in the afternoon of the same day.