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President Ho Chi Minh memorial site inaugurated in Laos

VGP - A memorial site dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh has recently been inaugurated in Kaysone Phomvihane district, Laos’ central province of Savannakhet.

June 13, 2014 2:34 PM GMT+7

Delegates at the inaugural ceremony

The inaugural ceremony was jointly held by the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum and the district authorities.
 
Covering around 1,000 square metres, with a total investment of LAK 2.4 billion ($300,000), the site aims to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in Laos between 1928 and 1929.

Addressing the event, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Governor of Savannakhet Souphan Keomisay reviewed the great revolutionary career of the late President, who laid the foundation for the special relationship between Viet Nam and Laos.

He stressed that the site will help deepen Lao people’s understanding of the life of Ho Chi Minh and his contributions to the revolutionary cause of the two countries./.

                                                                                                                           By Ngoc Van