To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, handed over the certificate of the privileged status to local authorities at a ceremony held on September 19, which also marked 55 years of the day President Ho Chi Minh visited the temples area.

Rua, who is also Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, recalled President Ho Chi Minh’s words, as saying “The Hung Kings had the merit of founding our country, you and I have to defend it together.”

“The words contain our profound gratitude to the ancestors and are a firm oath made by Uncle Ho and all of us in safeguarding and developing our beautiful country,” he said.