The Vietnam - Italy Friendship Association (VIFA) and the Italian Embassy in Vietnam introduced two Italian publications about late President Ho Chi Minh and presented them to the Ho Chi Minh Museum at an event in Hanoi on October 20.
Dang Khanh Thoai (L), Vice President of the Vietnam-Italy Friendship Association, presents the comic series “Ho Chi Minh, un uomo e un popolo” to Vu Manh Ha, head of the Ho Chi Minh Museum (Photo: Ho Chi Minh Museum)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam - Italy Friendship Association(VIFA) and the Italian Embassy in Vietnam introduced two Italian publications aboutlate President Ho Chi Minh and presented them to the Ho Chi Minh Museum at anevent in Hanoi on October 20.
One is a 12-volume comic series entitled “Ho Chi Minh, un uomo e un popolo” (HoChi Minh, a man and a people), published in 1968, while the other is an Italian-languageedition of “Duong Kach Menh” (The Revolutionary Path) - a book of lectures by NguyenAi Quoc (a pseudonym of Ho Chi Minh) for the training of staff at theVietnamese Revolutionary Youth League between 1925 and 1927 in Guangzhou,China.
Both came from the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Association in Veneto,with the former collected by members and the latter published by theassociation.
Speaking at the event, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandrosaid the Italian people hold a special affection for the late VietnamesePresident.
The comic series represented a link between the two peoples in the 1960s,when the anti-war movement was in full swing in Italy, he said, adding that thestories on Ho Chi Minh found within their pages helped boost understanding aboutVietnam’s leader, the country, and its revolution.
According to VIFA, it plans to work with the Kim Dong Publishing Houseto translate the comic series into Vietnamese, for release in 2021./.
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Dang Khanh Thoai (L), Vice President of the Vietnam-Italy Friendship Association, presents the comic series “Ho Chi Minh, un uomo e un popolo” to Vu Manh Ha, head of the Ho Chi Minh Museum (Photo: Ho Chi Minh Museum) 
