President Ho Chi Minh’s call for resistance displayed
An exhibition of President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for national resistance has opened at the preserved house used by the late President in Van Phuc Village in the capital’s Ha Dong district.
The handwritten draft of President Ho Chi Minh's call for national resistance. (Photo vov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA)- An exhibition of President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for national resistance hasopened at the preserved house used by the late President in Van PhucVillage in the capital’s Ha Dong district.
The exhibition displaysmore than 100 photos and documents, divided into three parts: Hanoi’s struggleagainst the French colonisers; the house in Van Phuc Village where President HoChi Minh wrote the call for national resistance, and the response by the peopleand soldiers to his call to battle.
President Ho Chi Minhlived and worked at the house owned by Nguyen Van Duong from December 3 to 19,1946. Here, he and other Communist Party leaders met and planned a long-termnational resistance war.
The project upgradingand expanding the house has been completed in time to celebrate the 70thanniversary of National Resistance Day.
The first floorintroduces images and materials relating to his life from December 3 to 19,1946, as well as documentaries of the war against the French under theleadership of the Communist Party and President Ho Chi Minh. The simplyfurnished second floor has been preserved as it was when Uncle Ho lived andworked there. On a table, alongside a paraffin lamp, visitors can see thehandwritten draft of “The Call to National Resistance”. - VNA
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The handwritten draft of President Ho Chi Minh's call for national resistance. (Photo vov.vn) 
