VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence, proclaimed by President Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945, not only affirmed national independence but also placed people at the center of the country’s historical development and national strength.
The delegation, led by Tran Luu Quang, Politburo Member and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, observed a moment of silence to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh's vast contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
More than one million people visited the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in the first half of 2026, including over 256,000 international visitors.
After the incense-offering ceremony, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam visited the simple thatched house preserving memories of President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in Thailand during 1928–1929.
President Ho Chi Minh arrived in Thailand in 1928 while Vietnam was still under French colonial rule. During his time in Udon Thani, he reportedly lived among the local Vietnamese community while organising political activities and seeking support for Vietnam’s independence movement.
Consul General Nguyen Viet Kien stressed President Ho Chi Minh’s reputation and career transcended Vietnam’s borders to inspire liberation movements worldwide, and that his ideas on the right to self-determination, peace, and friendship among nations remain deeply relevant today.
The Party and State leaders expressed their profound respect and boundless gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh, who founded and trained the Communist Party of Vietnam and made immense contributions to the Party and nation’s glorious revolutionary cause.
Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Jesús Faria expressed deep admiration for President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam’s indomitable struggle for national independence. He described President Ho Chi Minh as an immortal symbol of 20th-century national liberation movements, whose legacy continues to inspire leftist parties, progressive movements, and peoples across Latin America, including Venezuela.
The President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace on March 12 received valuable documentary photographs of President Ho Chi Minh, offering authentic glimpses into the revolutionary leader’s political and diplomatic activities.
President’s incense-offering ceremony at House 67 and Bac Bo Phu on the final evening of the Year of the Snake reflected the profound gratitude of the Party, State, and people toward President Ho Chi Minh.
Party General Secretary To Lam offered incense in tribute to the nation’s forefathers at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel and to President Ho Chi Minh at House 67, part of the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site within the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on February 16, or the 29th day of the last lunar month.
The top legislator and the NA delegation pledged to further strengthen unity, boldly renew the mindset and working methods to better meet practical requirements, and focus efforts on effectively implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.
The visit comes nine years after his previous trip to Vietnam as Vice President, and is the first state visit by a South African head of state in 18 years.
PSNews - A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Pham The Tung offered flowers and incense to President Ho Chi Minh at a temple dedicated to Him in the Pac Bo Special National Relic Site, on the afternoon of September 3, in Cao Bang province.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage offered flowers in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at a historical relic site dedicated to the late Vietnamese leader in Kunming city, Yunnan province, on November 5, as part of their ongoing working visit to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit and hold bilateral activities in China.
The Central Public Security Commission and leaders of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) laid wreaths at President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum to pay tribute to the late leader, and offered incense at the Monument dedicated to Martyrs in Hanoi on May 18 on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's 134th birthday (May 19, 1890-2024).
A wide range of activities have been held by Vietnamese embassies in foreign countries to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 134th birthday (May 19, 1890).
Nearly 32,000 people, including 1,682 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum from May 18-19 on the occasion of the late leader’s 134th birth anniversary (May 19,1890-2024), the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board reported.
President Ho Chi Minh is a figure with universal stature, a great revolutionary who fought tirelessly for the best for Vietnamese people and humanity, and a very great but humble man, said Dr. Ruvislei González Sáez, one of the leading researchers on Vietnam in Latin America.
It is hard to see national liberation, reunification or path through peace and independence of Vietnam as a nation without the presence of President Ho Chi Minh and the stamp of his personality, British historian John Callow has said in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 134th birthday the later leader.