Chi Minh’s life highlighted at Argentina symposium
MP Julia Argentina Perie, president of the Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group, expressed her admiration for President Ho, his revolutionary optimism and invaluable thoughts he passed down to younger Vietnamese generations. She read a poem from President Ho’s Prison’s Diary collection translated into Spanish by Cuban poet Felix Pita Rodriguez.
Vietnamese ambassador to Argentina Nguyen Van Dao said Vietnamese people always bear in their hearts and minds the image of President Ho Chi Minh not only as a national liberation hero but also a close and beloved leader. He confirmed that though the president passed away for more than 40 years ago, Vietnamese people are determined to follow his moral example.
Poldi Sosa Schmidt, president of the Argentina-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Institute, highlighted president Ho’s role as one of the greatest world leaders in the 20th century. She described the president’s moral example as the lodestar for
Fanny Edelman, Honorary President of the Communist Party of Argentina, recalled her two visits to
Political analyst Atilio Boron praised President Ho for creatively translating Marxist-Leninism into reality, helping
Historian Alejandro Pandra valued President Ho’s strategic visions, saying the late president anticipated the road
The Vietnamese Embassy screened a documentary on President Ho Chi Minh and exhibited a collection of pictures illustrating the Vietnamese land and people.
Ambassador Dao presented speakers the collection of Ho Chi Minh Works published in Spanish for the first time.