The ideology of President Ho Chi Minh features profound content that could be summarised in the words of “independence, freedom, and happiness”, said US-based lawyer Trinh Quoc Thien.

VOV.VN - The Party Committee and Command of the Military Region 7 held an inaugural ceremony of the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial on September 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people flocked to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on September 2 as they came to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on National Day.

VOV.VN - It has been 79 years since President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Since then, Independence Day celebrations have always been a sacred part of Vietnamese people's memories.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UNESCO, and staff of Vietnamese representative offices in the country recently offered incense at the embassy in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the late leader’s 55th death anniversary, and the 79th anniversary of the National Day.

President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament is an important historical document, which charts a path for the Vietnamese nation and shows the late President’s hopes for Vietnam and the world situation, according to British researcher of Vietnamese politics and history Kyril Whittaker.

VOV.VN - Located in Hanoi, there is a special museum that keeps Testament and other memorabilia of Ho Chi Minh, the great leader of the Vietnamese nation.

President Ho Chi Minh was a great leader who had a comprehensive vision and made wholehearted devotion to the Vietnamese people and nation, Douangmixay Likaya, a Lao writer described the Vietnamese leader, who he met in 1959 when the 78-year-old writer and musician was studying in Vietnam.

A national exhibition entitled “The Testament of President Ho Chi Minh – Everlasting Value and Vitality” opened at the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on August 30.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam stood alongside many Party and State leaders as they paid their respects to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the morning of August 30 ahead of the 79th National Day on September 2.