(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam attended a ceremony in Nghe An province on Thursday to open the National Lotus Village Festival 2025 and unveil a statue called “Uncle Ho visits his hometown” to mark the 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19.
 Party General Secretary To Lam (C) and other delegates perform the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the statue “Uncle Ho visits his homeland”, May 15, 2024. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
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In his speech, Nguyen Duc Trung, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, said this year’s festival, on a national scale, features many exciting cultural and sports activities.
It promotes the life and revolutionary career of President Ho and the study of his ideology, morality, and personal style, while introducing a dynamic and developing Nghe An, said Trung.
“From now on, in the Sen village complex and the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, there will be another meaningful project,” said Trung, adding, “The statue is a reminder to each of us to keep building our country, to make it more dignified and beautiful, and to step confidently into the new era, an era of aspiration for strength, comprehensive integration, and extensive reform.”
 An art performance opens the Lotus Village Festival 2025. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
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Party leader Lam and local officials cut a ribbon to inaugurate the statue, which is a gift from the Ministry of Public Security to the Party, administration, and people of Nghe An.
The 12.5-meter bronze statue stands at the Sen village stadium in Kim Lien commune, where President Ho Chi Minh spoke to local people during his two visits in 1957 and 1961.