As many as 93 documents and artifacts relating to President Ho Chi
Minh were presented to the Ho Chi Minh Museum in the central province
of Thua Thien – Hue on August 29 on the occasion of the 68th
anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day.
The offered artefacts include a silk-made portrait featuring
President Ho Chi Minh and a “Dien Bien Soldier” badge awarded by Uncle
Ho to Nguyen Tuong, a resident in Hue city, during the Dien Bien Phu
campaign in 1954.
Worthy of note is a draft
covering what President Ho Chi Minh replied to queries raised by Japan’s four major newspapers about the US war in Vietnam which was
donated by Duong Phuoc Thu, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue
Journalists’ Association.
This is the museum’s third
reception of documents and artifacts on Uncle Ho from organizations and
individuals this year, said Director of the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tien Dung.
As many
as 240 item were presented during the previous two series, on the
occasion of the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
(February 2) and President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday (May 19). They include
a weaving portraying Uncle Ho made by teachers and students of the
Vietnam University of Fine Arts, nearly 150 stamps featuring the
President’s image, and a wooden inlay portrait of the beloved national
leader.
Over the past years, the museum has
received over 12,000 precious documents and artefacts, which help
visitors better understand about the life and revolutionary career of
Uncle Ho, as well as the Vietnamese nation’s struggles for
independence.-VNA