Argentine press praises President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary career
Argentine newspapers on May 17 published articles praising the revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh, on the occasion of his 134th birthday (May 19, 1890 – 2024).
The Radio Nacional Argentina's website publishes an article praising President Ho Chi Minh. (Photo: Screenshot)
Buenos Aires (VNA) - Argentine newspapers on May 17 published articles praising the revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh, on the occasion of his 134th birthday (May 19, 1890 – 2024).
Reporte Asia affirmed that President Ho Chi Minh was a great revolutionary of Vietnam who became a symbol of the resistance against colonialism and the exploitation by Western empires.
With the title "La vida y legado de Ho Chi Minh, líder de la revolución vietnamita" (The life and legacy of Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnamese revolution), the article emphasised that Ho Chi Minh's legacy is a symbol that transcended historical boundaries and profoundly influenced political and social changes in East Asia during the second half of the 20th century.
It reviewed the significant moments in the revolutionary career of Nguyen Tat Thanh, who later became President Ho Chi Minh, in Europe, especially the time when he stayed in France, where he actively participated in social movements against colonialism.
Meanwhile, Resumen Latinoamericano newspaper emphasised the decisive moment when Ho Chi Minh founded the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in February 1930. It commented that the establishment of a political party representing the interests of the working class and the Vietnamese people demonstrated Ho Chi Minh's brilliance as a thinker and a strategist.
The article highlighted the significance of the signing of the Geneva Accords on July 20, 1954, on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina, which ended the French rule and recognised independence of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, officially ending French colonialism in Indochina.
President Ho Chi Minh always sought national unity and the avoidance of armed conflict, it said.
In its article, the Radio Nacional Argentina's website reported that before Uncle Ho passed away in September 1969, he had issued a final call for the resistance against the US to save the country.
♓ Despite the war lasting until 1975, for the Vietnamese people, Presisent Ho Chi Minh remained a great architect of independence and nation liberation and reunification, the agency said./.
Up to 55 paintings of painter Dao Trong Ly on overseas Vietnamese’s (OVs) sentiment for President Ho Chi Minh are on display at an exhibition opened in Hanoi on May 17.
As President Ho Chi Minh is a beloved and respectful figure that represents the homeland, many Vietnamese in Laos have set up altars to worship him, Nguyen Thi Lan Chi, deputy rector of the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 134th birthday of the President (May 19, 1890-2024).
Chairwoman of the Argentina-Vietnam Culture Institute (ICAV) Poldi Sosa Schmidt has described President Ho Chi Minh, who devoted his whole life to the national struggle for independence, as the soul of the Vietnamese revolution during a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 134th birthday of the late leader (May 19, 1890-2024).
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Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
