Conference highlights President Ho Chi Minh’s time in Italy
Vietnamese and Italian experts and scholars gathered at an international conference in Rome on April 18 to spotlight the significance of the time that President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in Italy in the 1930s.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee’s Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia opens the conference (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – Vietnamese andItalian experts and scholars gathered at an international conference in Rome onApril 18 to spotlight the significance of the time that President Ho Chi Minh livedand worked in Italy in the 1930s.
The event was attended by Secretary of theParty Central Committee and head of the committee’s Commission for Informationand Education Nguyen Trong Nghia, and leaders from a number of ministries that arejoining the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) delegation visiting Italy.
It also drew leaders of the ItalianCommunist Party, Communist Refoundation Party of Italy, the Democratic Party ofItaly, Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, theItaly-Vietnam Friendship Association, Vietnamese Honorary Consuls in Turin andNopoli, and many Italian friends.
Nghia highlighted thesignificance of the conference in maintaining and promoting heritage left by PresidentHo Chi Minh, especially in fostering the relations between Vietnam and othercountries, including Italy, as the two sides are celebratingthe 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties and the 10 years of strategicpartnership
He thanked theItalian side for supporting activities to honour the Vietnamese leader indifferent localities of Italy.
Participants at the conference (Photo: VNA)
General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Mauro Alboresi affirmed thatPresident Ho Chi Minh was a great national leader, and Vietnam is a symbol ofstruggle against colonialism and imperialism, for independence, freedom,determination and self-reliance determination of all nations.
The Italian Communist Party always paysgreat attention to and follow the developments of Vietnam, and supports the CPV’ssocio-economic development and foreign policy, he said.
General Secretary of the Communist Refoundation Party of Italy MaurizioAcerbo recalled the sentiments of the left-wing forces of Italy towards Vietnamesepeople and nation, affirming that President Ho Chi Minh is remembered as one ofthe greatest revolutionaries in the history, and a symbol of the struggle against colonialism,showing the world the highest values of socialism.
Honorary Consul and Director of the Centre for Vietnam Studies in Turin SandraScagliotti said that the time President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in Italywas a treasure that needed to be further studied and documented./.
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Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee’s Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia opens the conference (Photo: VNA) 
Participants at the conference (Photo: VNA) 
