General Secretary To Lam visits and presents gifts to meritorious people, policy families and Kim Lien Relic Site

Also attending were Politburo members: Le Minh Hung - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Commission; Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission; Nguyen Duy Ngoc - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Inspection Commission; Do Van Chien - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; General Phan Van Giang - Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang - Minister of Public Security.

Also attending were comrades: Le Hoai Trung - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Tran Luu Quang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee's Policy and Strategy Commission; Vo Thi Anh Xuan - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President; Bui Thanh Son - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Nguyen Khac Dinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; and comrades of the Party Central Committee; leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, the Party Central Committee Office, the President's Office, the National Assembly Office, the Government Office, and leaders of Military Region 4.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of provincial departments, branches, etc.

Talking to the people of Kim Lien commune and officials, civil servants and workers of the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, General Secretary To Lam expressed his joy at returning to President Ho Chi Minh's hometown, right on the occasion of the whole country celebrating the 135th anniversary of his birth and attending the Sen Village Festival, a cultural activity held annually to pay tribute to his great contributions to the country and homeland.

Acknowledging the development of Kim Lien's hometown, the General Secretary assessed: Sen Village in particular and Kim Lien Commune in general are increasingly developing. People's lives are improving, houses are spacious, and the landscape and environment are clearly improved. This is also the highest goal of the Party, something that Uncle Ho always wished for and advised on how to help people have a better and better life.

The General Secretary also expressed his emotion at the pride and responsibility of the people of Kim Lien in preserving and conserving the Kim Lien Special National Relic Site, and at the same time, on behalf of the people of the whole country, welcomed international friends and tourists to visit. Through visiting the relic site, international friends can better understand the life of the Vietnamese people, the origin of the country, Uncle Ho's homeland; see Uncle Ho's great contributions to the country, the Party, and the People; and at the same time feel his simple life.

The General Secretary praised the team of cadres, civil servants and workers of the Kim Lien Special National Relic Site for their tireless and responsible work in maintaining and preserving the system of documents and artifacts. The exhibition work is increasingly improved and innovated, creating a sense of closeness and emotion for viewers. Thereby, helping people understand more about Uncle Ho's homeland and family, understand his morality, lifestyle and activities; thereby loving, remembering and seeing more clearly the responsibility in studying and following his example...

The General Secretary also shared that in the development process, there are still policy households and people in difficult circumstances. He affirmed that the Party and State always care and look after everyone so that they have the opportunity to rise up and move towards a happy life.

“I wish all comrades good health and success in their tasks; I wish all the people good health and an increasingly happy life,” General Secretary To Lam sent his wishes before concluding the meeting with families of policy beneficiaries, meritorious people, and cadres, experts, and workers of the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province spoke to seriously receive and fully understand the profound instructions of the General Secretary and would like to express her sincere and deepest thanks to the General Secretary, the leaders of the Party, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the departments, ministries, branches and central agencies for always giving special affection and timely attention to the Party Committee, the government and the people of Nghe An province, Nam Dan district and Kim Lien Relic Site.

The attention and affection of the General Secretary and the delegation today for Uncle Ho's homeland is an extremely valuable source of motivation, adding confidence, strength, encouragement and motivation for the entire Party, people and army of Nghe An province to join hands, be united, have higher determination, make more efforts, and make more spectacular breakthroughs, to firmly enter the new era of the nation with the whole country, worthy of being the beloved homeland of President Ho Chi Minh!
In particular, Nghe An province was deeply moved to receive the meaningful gift from the General Secretary - the light sculpture "Vietnam - golden pages of history".

It is not only a tribute to history, to the great President Ho Chi Minh, but also a rare artistic highlight, connecting the past, present and future with the light of knowledge, wisdom and the lasting value of Ho Chi Minh's ideology with the core ideology "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"; a cultural destination that will attract and create a strong impression on the people and tourists when visiting Uncle Ho's hometown. At the same time, it is also a commitment to continue to creatively apply Ho Chi Minh's ideology to the renovation process, arousing aspirations, continuing to write the golden pages of history of the Vietnamese people for future generations.
“This is certainly a central highlight, the beginning of the formation and construction of Ho Chi Minh cultural space as directed by the General Secretary this morning,” said comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh.

The President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site in Kim Lien Commune (Kim Lien Relic Site), established in 1956, is the first museum about President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. After nearly 70 years of formation and development, the Relic Site has become a red address, a place where the sacred feelings of the people of the whole country and international friends for him converge.

The relic site consists of four main clusters: the paternal hometown relic cluster, the maternal hometown relic cluster, the Chung mountain relic cluster and the tomb of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan - Uncle Ho's mother. With the special attention of the leaders of the Party, the State, all levels and sectors and under the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Committee of Nghe An province, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Kim Lien Relic Site is constantly preserved, embellished and promoted in value.

This place preserves priceless heritages about President Ho Chi Minh's homeland, family and childhood, and witnessed his two visits back to his homeland.

With great affection and responsibility, the cadres and civil servants working at the Relic Site always strive to preserve and promote the sacred values ​​that President Ho Chi Minh left for his homeland and country.

The work of displaying, propagating and introducing the life, career, ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh is carried out with all enthusiasm, responsibility and respect. Every Vietnamese person when returning to Uncle Ho's hometown feels like returning to the origin - a sacred and familiar place, the origin of a great soul.

Up to now, the relic site has preserved 42 groups of artifacts with nearly 4,000 artifacts, along with thousands of valuable documents related to President Ho Chi Minh. Nearly 1,000 artifacts and documents have been added in recent years to enrich the archives for research and propaganda work.

The site is open to visitors every day of the year. During peak months, the organizers open the site through noon and extend the afternoon hours by an hour to accommodate the large number of visitors. Each year, the site welcomes between 1.8 and 2 million domestic and international visitors.

In particular, the training of foreign language guides is focused on. Currently, the relic site has 6 English-speaking guides, 8 Lao-speaking guides and 1 French-speaking guide. Domestic and international delegations who visit have a lot of affection and good impressions of the dedicated, thoughtful and professional working style of the staff here.