VN celebrates 30th anniversary of UNESCO Resolution honoring President Ho Chi Minh

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh speaks at the ceremony held in the Presidential Palace in Ha Noi on November 24 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO Resolution honoring President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: VGP

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh made the above statement at the ceremony held in Ha Noi on November 24 to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the UNESCO Resolution honoring President Ho Chi Minh.

The Resolution was also a major source of encouragement and a symbol of the friendship that international friends accorded to President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese people in general throughout the struggle for national independence and the joint effort for the most noble common values of the progressive mankind, Deputy PM, FM Minh said.

The Resolution stated that President Ho Chi Minh as a “hero of national liberation and great man of culture”, who “devoted his whole life to the national liberation of the Vietnamese people, contributing to the common struggle of peoples for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress.”

Former Party and State leaders, Ambassadors, representatives of the diplomatic corps and academia attend the event. Photo: VGP

He had “important and many-sided contribution in the fields of culture, education, and the arts,” and “crystallizes the cultural tradition of the Vietnamese people which stretches back several thousand years, and that his ideals embody the aspirations of peoples in the affirmation of their cultural identity and the promotion of mutual understanding.”

To the international friends, Uncle Ho is a symbol of the desire for peace and the fight against oppression and injustice. His heart and mind were ever in tune with the people all over the world.

With his wish “nothing is more precious than independence and freedom” and through his contributions in the philosophy of and practical experiences in the struggle for national independence, President Ho Chi Minh had contributed to the liberation of oppressed people and the triumph over old and new colonialism.

He played a role in the setting of the most pertinent foundation for the philosophy of equality among nations, and was  a vivid embodiment of such equality.

A photo exhibition themed "President Ho Chi Minh: Vietnamese hero of national liberation and great man of culture" was also organized on the occasion. Photo: VGP

Bearing in mind President Ho Chi Minh noble thoughts and virtues, the Party, State and people of Viet Nam is committed to pursuing the foreign policy of peace, independence, self-reliance, active and proactive integration into the world, and joining the efforts of the international community for peace and sustainable development, Deputy PM, FM Minh affirmed.

He state that “We will do all we can in order to contribute to the promotion of the shared values of humankind and to the search for satisfy solutions to differences on the basis of respect for one another’s legitimate interests and of mutual benefits.”

Viet Nam will also join other members of the international community in promoting full and effective implementation of the United Nations Charter and the UNESCO Constitution, and together realize the Sustainable Development Goals so as to contribute to the important works of UNESCO, Deputy PM, FM Minh said./.

By Ngoc Van