PANO – An array of activities have been launched across the country in celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19th 1890-2015). * A television show, highlighting President Ho Chi Minh's patriotism, desire for peace, strong will and readiness to sacrifice for the dream of liberating Vietnam from colonialism, was broadcast live from Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi and Kim Lien Village in the Central province of Nghe An, where the President was born, on May 18 night. It included talks among domestic and foreign researchers, war veterans as well as recorded meeting with scholars from Britain and France. The participants also enjoyed songs and dances in the praise of the late President during the show. * On May 18th, General Tran Dai Quang, Minister of Public Security, chaired a conference to review the achievements of implementing the Politburo’s Instruction No.3 on promoting the movement to learn and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s moral … [Read more...] about President Ho Chi Minh’s birth anniversary observed
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Twins to grace Ho Chi Minh City show’s runway tonight
Seventy pairs of "twins," including 30 brace of identical and fraternal twins, will perform side by side in a Ho Chi Minh City fashion show on Tuesday night. The show – "Twins" – will showcase designs for autumn and winter created by local designer Do Manh Cuong. The event is scheduled to take place at 7:00 pm on an over-100m runway at GEM Center, at 8 Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1. Thirty pairs of real twins, who are non-professional models and even first-time runway walkers, have been selected from across the country for the past three months. Over 70 professional models will get special make-up to become lookalikes and form the remaining 40 pairs of twins. Cuong said that his collections are inspired by the biological miracle of twins, who typically dress alike and complement each other’s beauty and personality. Pham Huy Can, producer of the show, said Cuong’s collections will be showcased in Hanoi and Los Angeles next year. In … [Read more...] about Twins to grace Ho Chi Minh City show’s runway tonight
Vietnam television to air French documentary on President Ho Chi Minh
French producer Dominique de Miscault yesterday (Nov 15) agreed to allow the documentary film titled "Ho Chi Minh: Dream for Peace" to be broadcast on Vietnam Television's VTV4 channel in the near future. Vietnamese audiences will thus be reintroduced to the revolutionary cause of President Ho Chi Minh through the new French documentary. "Dream for Peace" will be presented in French with Vietnamese or English subtitles, so that audiences around the world will have access to the story. The film is based on the book Je reviens au Vietnam libre (I Returned to Liberate Vietnam), written by Leo Figuerre, a French journalist and a senior official of the French Communist Party, who was so impressed by President Ho that he documented his experiences at the Viet Bac resistance base in north Vietnam in the 1950s. De Miscault, who is also the editor-in-chief of Franco magazine, has a deep perspective of Vietnam and has exhibited her pictures in France and elsewhere in Europe since 1969. … [Read more...] about Vietnam television to air French documentary on President Ho Chi Minh
Paris Peace Accords-the art of diplomacy in Ho Chi Minh era
(VOVworld)-The agreement ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam known as the Paris Peace Accords was signed on January 27, 1973 in Paris, one month after the US stopped bombing Hanoi and northern Vietnam. Under the agreement, the US had to withdraw from Vietnam. VOV examines the agreement. The Paris negotiation was the longest in Vietnam's national history, continuing for 5 years with 202 public sessions and 24 private meetings. The Paris negotiation was a battle of nerves between US and Vietnamese diplomats. Vietnam's position was improved by signing the agreement, in which the US recognized Vietnam's independence, sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity. Vietnam, a country devastated by the war, brought its staunch spirit and strong determination to the negotiation table to defend justice, independence and freedom of the nation. The 12-day Dien Bien Phu in the air campaign was decisive in forcing the US to sign the agreement ending the war in Vietnam. Nguyen … [Read more...] about Paris Peace Accords-the art of diplomacy in Ho Chi Minh era
Ho Chi Minh City’s 300-year History
The first settlers In his book of literary works about the southern land in the 17th century when the first Vietnamese settlers arrived, Le Quy Don wrote: "From the Can Gio Estuary, the Soai Rap, Tieu (Small) and Dai (Grand) estuaries ... up (the rivers)", the land of Saigon remained deserted, covered by dense forests and marshes. A few groups of ethnic tribes such as the Khmer, the Stieng, and the Ma were dwelling sparsely on high ground. The Vietnamese settlers were migrants from the North and the Central provinces. The majority of them were poor peasants ruined by the war between feudal clans, others were soldiers and officers ordered by feudal governments to garrison in the South, and some were runaway convicts. They all crossed the sea in small boats and from the Can Gio Estuary they sailed up the Saigon River to land in the area of today's Saigon. The first migrants settled on high ground by the river to cultivate the land as the area had plenty of fresh water and good weather … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City’s 300-year History