President Ho Chi Minh’s death anniversary commemorated in Switzerland
Swiss Labour Party commemorates President Ho Chi Minh’s 50th death anniversary
The Swiss Party of Labour cooperated with the Vietnamese Embassy to solemnly hold an event to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s 50th death anniversary at its headquarters in Geneva on September 14.
Chairman of Swiss Party of Labour Alexander Eniline. (Photo: VNA)
Geneva (VNA) – The Swiss Party of Labour cooperated with the VietnameseEmbassy to solemnly hold an event to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s 50th death anniversary atits headquarters in Geneva on September 14.
In her remarksat the event, Vietnamese Ambassador Le Linh Lan said Vietnam commemorated the50th death anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh and the 50th year ofimplementation of his testament.
The latepresident’s testament has been implemented by the Vietnamese Party, Governmentand people, she said, particularly highlighting his will for Vietnam having“more friends and fewer enemies,” and “wishing to be afriend and a trustworthy partnerof all nations”.
Vietnam iscurrently a member of various multilateral organisations, such as the UnitedNations (UN), the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC), ASEAN among others. Vietnam has recently been elected tothe UN Security Council for the second time with 192 out of 193 votes, shesaid.
The SwissParty of Labour hosting this event shows its deep respect for President Ho ChiMinh as well as Vietnam and Vietnamese people, Chairman Alexander Eniline told theVietnam News Agency.
Several bookson President Ho Chi Minh were exhibited while a documentary portraying the latepresident was also screened at the ceremony./.
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Chairman of Swiss Party of Labour Alexander Eniline. (Photo: VNA)
