Tree planting campaigns launched to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s birth anniversary
The southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 17 launched tree planting campaigns in celebration of the 130th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).
Officials of HCM City take part in the tree planting campaign on May 17 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The southern hub of Ho ChiMinh City and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 17 launchedtree planting campaigns in 🦂celebration of the 130th birth anniversary of latePresident Ho Chi Minh (May 19).
Authorities and people in HCM City held treeplanting activities across 24 districts on the day. In 2019, the city plantedover 400,000 trees.
Meanwhile, Lam Dong province planted 1,500 pinesand wild Himalayan cherry trees at the campus sites of some universities.
President Ho Chi Minh was born on May 19, 1890in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, the north-central province of Nghe An.He devoted his life to the national liberation cause, while tirelessly strivingfor peace and progress in the world.
He also led the nation to success in thestruggle for national independence and establishing the Democratic Republic ofVietnam following the August Revolution in 1945.
On November 28, 1959, President Ho Chi Minhwrote an article which was published on Nhan dan (People) newspaper, stressingthe significance of tree planting to each person, family and the entire nation.It has since become an annual festival of the Vietnamese at the beginning ofeach Lunar New Year.
The President passed away in 1969./.
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Officials of HCM City take part in the tree planting campaign on May 17 (Photo: VNA)
