President Ho Chi Minh’s life, revolutionary career spotlighted in Japan
The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a talk on the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 15.
Prof. Hoang Chi Bao introduces President Ho Chi Minh's testament at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Japanheld a talk on the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 15.
Opening the event, held as part of the project to populariseand honour President Ho Chi Minh - a national liberation hero and a great manof culture – among the international community, Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu said the talk aims toprovide officials from the embassy, Vietnamese representative offices andVietnamese community in Japan a deeper insight into the life and revolutionarycareer of President Ho Chi Minh, thus encouraging them to continue to study andfollow the leader’s moral example.
Prof. Hoang Chi Bao, a senior expert and former member ofthe Central Theory Council, who has spent his whole life to research Ho ChiMinh’s ideology, told stories about the leader’s life and his journey to seek the way to liberate the nation from colonial yoke.
The stories reflected the leader’s revolutionary spirit,simple lifestyle and his whole-hearted love and devotion for the nation, aswell as his sacrifice for the struggle for national liberation and peace,development and progress of Vietnam and the world.
They inspired national pride among the Vietnamese community,especially youngsters, encouraging them to make contributions to thedevelopment of the homeland.
Prof. Bao also introduced publications on the ideology, morality and lifestyleof President Ho Chi Minh, including the leader’s testament./.
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Prof. Hoang Chi Bao introduces President Ho Chi Minh's testament at the event. (Photo: VNA) 
