Inauguration of President Ho Chi Minh Statue in the City named after him

In the common joy of the whole nation towards the 125th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1980 - May 19, 2015), on May 17, at the city's administrative center, the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee solemnly held the inauguration ceremony of the President Ho Chi Minh Monument.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended and spoke at the inauguration ceremony.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Le Thanh Hai, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, was moved to recall the boundless love that beloved Uncle Ho always had for his compatriots in the South during his lifetime, as well as the love, gratitude and respect of generations of cadres, party members and people of Ho Chi Minh City for Uncle Ho.

Statue of President Ho Chi Minh

Secretary of the City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai affirmed the firm belief and determination of the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City to firmly follow the path chosen by the Party and beloved Uncle Ho, promoting the revolutionary tradition of steadfastness, solidarity, dynamism, creativity, studying and following the ideology, moral example and style of Ho Chi Minh; striving to build, protect and develop a civilized, modern and humane city, for the whole country, with the whole country, striving to "take the lead in the cause of industrialization and modernization, making increasingly greater contributions to the region and the whole country; gradually becoming a major center of economics, finance, trade, science and technology of the country and the Southeast Asian region," actively contributing to soon turning our country into a basically modern industrialized country, worthy of the honored city named after the great President Ho Chi Minh, the Heroic City.

The statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Ho Chi Minh City was made according to the Conclusion of the Secretariat, with the requirement: "The statue of Uncle Ho must be truly beautiful, lively, natural, with a firm, strong posture and resemble Uncle Ho; reflecting Uncle Ho's leisurely, kind, benevolent demeanor and affection for the people of the South."

Since mid-2011, the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has implemented the Project to build a Monument with all its heart and special love for Uncle Ho; to meet the deep feelings and expectations of the People and the City Party Committee. The Monument of President Ho Chi Minh is located at the city's Administrative Center, the most solemn, beautiful and convenient location for people from all over the country and international friends to admire his portrait.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Party and State, warmly welcomed the Party Committee, Government and people of the City for proactively and actively implementing the construction and completion of the President Ho Chi Minh Monument on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of his birthday and the 40th anniversary of the complete liberation of the South and national reunification.

The General Secretary emphasized: "Our nation, our people, our country gave birth to President Ho, the great national hero, and it was he who made our nation, our people, our country glorious. For the Vietnamese revolution and the Vietnamese people, President Ho Chi Minh's contributions are immense, like the high mountains and vast seas. After many years of searching for a way to save the country, practical activities, theoretical research, and experience, he came to the conclusion: To save the country and liberate the nation, there is no other way than the proletarian revolutionary path; nothing is more precious than independence and freedom; national independence must be associated with socialism; unity, unity, great unity - success, success, great success..."

The General Secretary also emphasized: "He worked hard to spread Marxism-Leninism in the country, trained and educated cadres, directly prepared and organized the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the spring of 1930, and from then on, together with our Party leading the Vietnamese revolution, the Vietnamese people won one victory after another, creating miracles in the 20th century: successfully carrying out the August Revolution in 1945; successfully resisting the French colonialists and American imperialists, regaining independence and freedom for the country, bringing peace and happiness to the people."

For the South, for Saigon, Uncle Ho always had a special and deep love. In his heart, there was always a South, the homeland's citadel, going first and coming last; a Saigon filled with love - where he set out to find a way to save the country and always burning with a desire to return to Saigon, to visit the South. When the South was still under foreign domination and the flames of war, there was not a single minute that Uncle Ho did not think of the South. He said: "In the South, each person, each family has their own suffering. Combining the suffering of each person, each family, it becomes my suffering." "The beloved South is always in my heart."

In response to Uncle Ho's sacred and noble sentiments, the people of the South, the people of Saigon-Gia Dinh have always upheld their patriotism, steadfastly fought for the revolution, and had absolute trust in the Party and in Uncle Ho. Especially in the resistance war against the US to save the country, implementing President Ho Chi Minh's sacred testament, cadres, party members, soldiers and people of the South, Saigon-Gia Dinh upheld the spirit of revolutionary heroism, overcame countless dangers, fought tenaciously, steadfastly, and indomitably, together with the whole country, carried out the strategic decisive battle named after Uncle Ho - the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, successfully ending the struggle for national independence and national unification, worthy of the title "Land of Steel and Bronze Citadel."

The General Secretary believes that with its glorious, dynamic and creative revolutionary tradition, the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City will continue to take the lead in the cause of innovation, construction and protection of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, building the City named after Uncle Ho to become increasingly civilized, modern and affectionate; fulfilling its role as a special urban area, "for the whole country, with the whole country," truly being the locomotive of the dynamic development region in the South and the whole country, gradually becoming a major center of economics, finance, trade, science and technology of the country and the Southeast Asian region; at the same time, striving to build a clean and strong Party Committee, an effective and efficient government, close to the people, worthy of the title of the City named after Uncle Ho, a Heroic City, worthy of the trust and love of the whole country.

The General Secretary hopes that the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City will do a good job of managing, preserving and promoting the Uncle Ho Monument in an effective and practical manner, contributing to educating the revolutionary tradition of the Party and the nation, the great example of Uncle Ho, especially for the younger generations, thereby fostering patriotism, love for the people, trust in the Party, promoting the steadfast and glorious tradition of Ho Chi Minh City, of civilized and heroic Vietnam.

Previously, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Party and State leaders and former leaders visited the exhibition: Uncle Ho with the South, the South with Uncle Ho, at the headquarters of the People's Council and People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

With nearly 100 documentary images showing Uncle Ho's special affection for the South and the affection of the Southern people for him; specific and practical activities of the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City to study and follow Ho Chi Minh's moral example.

The exhibition aims to educate cadres, party members, people, especially the young generation of the City to understand more deeply about the life, career, ideology, feelings, ethics, and style of President Ho Chi Minh, especially his feelings for his compatriots in the South./.

According to VNA