Top leader visits Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League headquarters relic site in Guangzhou
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his wife and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam paid floral tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai at his grave in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park, and visited the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, on August 18 morning.
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam pays floral tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai at his grave in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park. (Photo: VNA)
Guangzhou (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam paid floral tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai at his grave in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park, and visited the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, on August 18 morning.
At the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park, a cultural tourist attraction of Guangzhou city, the Vietnamese leader and his entourage laid a wreath of flowers and offered incense in tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai.
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam pay tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai at his grave in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park. (Photo: VNA)
Pham Hong Thai was born on May 14, 1895 in Hung Nguyen district, the central province of Nghe An. Thai tried to assassinate then French Governor-General Martial Henri Merlin when he visited Guangzhou. After the unsuccessful assassination, he was hunted and then threw himself in the Pearl River on June 19, 1924.
Thai is the only foreigner buried in Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park besides 71 two Chinese martyrs, who died during the 1911 Wuchang uprising.
General Secretary and State President Lam and his entourage then visited the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League at No. 13 (now No. 248 – 250) on Wen Ming street, Guangzhou city, a place connected to the revolutionary career of late President Ho Chi Minh during 1924 – 1927.
🎶 They were moved to see the photos documenting years of activities of President Ho Chi Minh with local people.
General Secretary and State President Lam and his entourage visit the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League at No. 13 (now No. 248 – 250) on Wen Ming street, Guangzhou city. (Photo: VNA)
The delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam is extremely moved to visit the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League, General Secretary and State President To Lam wrote in the guest book.
It is the place where beloved President Ho Chi Minh spent his years of revolutionary activities, trained Vietnam's first generations of loyal communists, witnessed the impartial and pure international communist sentiment, traditional friendship, solidarity and close bonds as both comrades and brothers between the two Parties, two countries and two peoples, Lam said.
💎 He sincerely thanked Chinese Party and State, and the Party Committee and administration of Guangdong province for always paying attention to preserving and conserving the relic site. “May the Vietnam-China friendship last forever”, he wrote./.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, on August 18 morning, starting their three-day state visit to China.
China is the first country Party General Secretary and State President To Lam visits after assuming the Communist Party of Vietnam leadership role, which fully reflects the great importance that the Vietnamese Party and State attach to the development of the friendly neighbourliness as well as comprehensive and long-term cooperation with China.
The upcoming state visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam is expected to open up a new development period for the relationship between the two countries.
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Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
Deputy PM Le Thanh Long proposed countries promote shared values, including building trust, sincerity, and solidarity among nations and peoples; fostering cooperation spirit and responsible behaviour as well as upholding international law and the UN Charter; and placing people at the centre and as the goal, the key player, and the driving force of all policies.
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