VNA reported that on July 29, witnessed by Mrs. Ngo Phuong Ly and the Vietnamese delegation, Ho Chi Minh Square was officially inaugurated in Vyborg District, St. Petersburg City. Petersburg, Russia.
The event took place in the year Vietnam and Russia celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in one of the cities with the most vibrant cooperative and friendly relations with Vietnam in the Russian Federation.
At the ceremony, Mrs. Ngo Phuong Ly and the delegates were moved to remember the national liberation hero, outstanding cultural figure of Vietnam and a great friend of the Russian people.
Mrs. Ngo Phuong Ly and Governor Aleksandr Beglov solemnly opened the red cloth on the sign "Ho Chi Minh Square".
Next to the square is a plaque with a gold inscription recording the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh - The founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945, the national liberation hero and an outstanding cultural figure recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN UNESCO).
In an emotional atmosphere, the Lady, Vietnamese and Russian delegates, overseas Vietnamese and many Russian friends took turns offering flowers to the monument, expressing their respect to President Ho Chi Minh.
Speaking at the ceremony, Governor Aleksandr Beglov emphasized that the northern capital of Russia and Vietnam is not only connected by economic relations but also by strong friendship, which is also the orientation that Russian President Vladimir Putin and General Secretary To Lam are very interested in.
Last year, Vietnam became the first country to visit St. Petersburg. Petersburg is a priority in foreign policy. The inauguration of Ho Chi Minh Square in Russia's second largest city is a symbol of inheritance in developing cooperation, in strengthening brotherhood.
For his part, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi emphasized that with the official inauguration of Ho Chi Minh Square, St. Petersburg City will be closed. Petersburg has a complex of great leaders of Vietnam, including a monument and square named after Uncle Ho, a street named after Ho Chi Minh that existed since 1978 and a museum space about the Vietnamese leader at High School No. 488 near the square.
After the inauguration ceremony, Mrs. Ngo Phuong Ly visited the high school No. 488 which has the most dense space of Ho Chi Minh and is always a "red" address to welcome Vietnamese groups to visit.
The wife respectfully presented the school with a statue of President Ho Chi Minh, a book "Ho Chi Minh with Vietnam-Russia friendship", a simple stilt house model that Uncle Ho lived and worked in, and gave students a badge with the image of Uncle Ho, instructing them to always be patient and study well.
The wife also hopes that in the future there will be a school named after the Man in the city that beloved Uncle Ho first set foot in Soviet Russia in 1923, on a journey to find a way to save the country.
On the same day, July 29, the Vietnamese community in St. Petersburg Petersburg received another good news when the Association of Vietnamese people was officially registered as a legal entity in the northern capital.
