After the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Vietnamese community in Vientiane, Laos, has come together to mourn the loss of an exemplary figure, a distinguished disciple of President Ho Chi Minh.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has always paid great attention to cultural issues, and he has made important contributions to preserving and developing the national culture, and promoting Vietnam’s international integration, said Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hoai Son, permanent member of the National Assembly’s Cultural and Educational Committee.

VOV.VN - President To Lam, who is currently on a working trip to Tra Vinh province, visited and planted a tree at President Ho Chi Minh’s Memorial in Long Duc commune of Tra Vinh province on July 6.

An exhibition themed “Portrait of President Ho Chi Minh – Perspective from Posters (1969 - 2011)” kicked off on July 3 in Russia’s Ulyanovsk city.

On the occasion of his state visit to Vietnam from June 19-20, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent an article on the history, current status and future of the Russia-Vietnam partnership to Nhan dan (People) newspaper for publication.

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on June 20 within his state visit to Vietnam.

State President To Lam inspected combat readiness of the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 7.

“Vang trang tho au” (The Childhood Moon), a new film about President Ho Chi Minh, will be screened at cinemas nationwide.

President Ho Chi Minh, his role in the national liberation movements in Africa, and the Vietnam - Morocco relations were the focus of a workshop held in Rabat capital on May 31.

Valuable images and documents about President Ho Chi Minh while in France were displayed at the Museum of Living History in France in an exhibition opened on May 28.