Belgian party’s Manifesta festival honours late President Ho Chi Minh
The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium has collaborated with the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) to hold a series of activities in honour of late President Ho Chi Minh at the party’s recent Manifesta (solidarity) festival in Ostend.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Nguyen Van Thao presents a book about late President Ho Chi Minh to a foreign reader at Manifesta 2022 (Photo: VNA)
Brussel (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy inBelgium has collaborated with the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) to hold aseries of activities in honour of late President Ho Chi Minh at the party’srecent Manifesta (solidarity) festival in Ostend.
A highlight of the series was the launch of a book featuring48 articles by the late President, which was collected and compiled by Indianhistorian Vijay Prashad. The book has so far been published in English, French,and Dutch.
As a participant in compiling the book in French, DominiqueMeeùs, a member of the PTB, said he felt proud and was moved by its content.
A seminar on the President’s life and career also took place,during which Phan Ngoc Lan, a Vietnamese expat in Belgium, told anecdotes aboutthe Vietnamese hero of national liberation and great man of culture.
The event saw the attendance of representatives of theembassies of Laos, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua in Belgium and the EuropeanUnion (EU) as well as of a number of workers' parties in Europe.
Lan told the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents that hewants to disseminate the great value of Ho Chi Minh's morality, culture andideology to peace-loving international friends.
A puppet show by Vietnamese artists at the event (Photo: VNA)
During the two-day course of the festival on September 17and 18, the Vietnamese embassy also showcased photos on Vietnam’s liberation andconstruction causes and introduced the nation’s culture, cuisine, tourism.
This year, the festival attracted nearly 20,000 visitors./.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Nguyen Van Thao presents a book about late President Ho Chi Minh to a foreign reader at Manifesta 2022 (Photo: VNA) 
A puppet show by Vietnamese artists at the event (Photo: VNA) 
