Vientiane (VNA) - Ceremonies marking the 130th birthdayof President Ho Chi Minh were held in Laos and Thailand on May 19.
✤ At a memorial site dedicated to the late President in Xieng Vang village in theLao province of Khammouane, the local community of overseas Vietnamese broughttraditional Vietnamese cakes to put on the altar to remember the latePresident.
They were joined by delegates from the Vietnamese ConsulateGeneral in Savannakhet, the Laos - Vietnam Friendship Society, and theVietnamese Association in Khammouane.
Delegates recalled major milestones in President Ho’s revolutionary life andmemories of him crossing the Mekong River from the Thai province of NakhonePhanom to Xieng Vang to set up a revolutionary base.
They expressed gratitude to the late President, who dedicated his life to thestruggle for national independence and freedom in the two countries.
On the same day in Vientiane, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hunghosted an incense-offering ceremony for the late President.
In the northeastern Thai province of Udon Thani, Vietnamese Consul General inKhon Kaen Hoang Ngoc Son and 100 overseas Vietnamese offered incense toPresident Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh relic site. The site, the first of itskind in Thailand, was opened in 2006.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Udon ThaniLuong Xuan Hoa said that after arriving in the province, the President built arevolutionary movement and opened classrooms for the Vietnamese community duringthe 1928-1929 period.
💫 Udon Thani is home to the largest community of Thais of Vietnamese origin inThailand, with about 60,000 people./.
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Party and State leaders and National Assembly (NA) deputies paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh to mark the late leader’s 130th birthday on May 19, one day ahead of the 14th parliament’s ninth session.
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At the ceremony in Laos (Photo: VOV) 
