(VOVworld) – An art program in praise of President Ho Chi Minh, a national hero and world cultural figure was held at the Hanoi Opera House on Saturday. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and a number of senior party, state, government, and fatherland front officials attended the event. The program highlighted the great values of Ho Chi Minh Thought, his will and moral example, encouraging the party, army, and people to implement his will in the new revolutionary period. Head of the Party Central Committee’s Communication and Education Commission Dinh The Huynh said President Ho’s will is a document of a great politician and a work of art by a great cultural activist: “By implementing his will over the last 45 years, the Vietnamese party, army and people have obtained many important achievements during different periods of time. During this program, we review his teachings about culture and the role of culture and artists in Vietnam’s revolution.”
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The performances praised the Communist Party of Vietnam and the great contributions of President Ho.
Radio the Voice of Vietnam broadcast a special program on Sunday on this occasion. Themed “President Ho Chi Minh’s will-will about the people, for the people”, the program had the participation of journalist Ha Dang, former head of the Central Committee on Ideology and Culture, and Doctor Hoang Chi Bao, a member of the Central Theoretical Council.
A series of reports, songs and analysis by the guests and historical witnesses during the program helped the audience be more aware of the context when the will was written, its values, and the importance of solidarity in party building.
Evgani Kobelev, a Russian researcher of Vietnam said that President Ho Chi Minh’s will contains many immortal values. In his book “Comrade Ho Chi Minh”, which has been published in Russian, Vietnamese, English, Laotian, and Mongolian, he mentioned the contents of President Ho’s will for the Vietnamese people. He told VOV on the occasion of 45 years of implementing President Ho’s will: “The will creates a strong impression not because it was written by a great politician but it was a note by a relative to his people, his nation, and the entire world. President Ho’s will, after it was published in Vietnam, was translated into Russian and published on the Truth newspaper. It touched the feeling of many Russian readers because of its immortal values.”
US historian William Duiker told a VOV correspondent in Washington DC that President Ho was the factor that created the driving force, determination and success of Vietnam’s revolutionary movement.
In his 600-page book about Ho Chi Minh’s life, he mentioned the president’s will many times. William said:
“President Ho Chi Minh’s will reflects the aspirations of the Vietnamese people, to a larger extent, the aspiration of mankind. For instance, he said“Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. These are the values that we all share and desire. I’m impressed with Vietnam’s achievements over the last 3 decades in implementing the goals set by President Ho Chi Minh, including one on national unity. I’m particularly impressed with the unity of the Vietnamese people at present.”
Duiker said his experiences in Vietnam gave him a lesson that an individual, which is President Ho Chi Minh, could be the decisive factor to the success of Vietnam’s revolution.