A painting by Bulgarian artist Stefan Petrov donated to the Ho Chi Minh Museum (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh Museum has held a ceremony toreceiving memorabilia relating to the late President.
The event on August 29 was also to honour individuals who donated and shareddocuments, objects and souvenirs relating to President Ho Chi Minh, as well asto thank collectives and agencies for their help in preserving and promotingthe late leader’s heritage.
The museum received more than 80 memorabilia such as the red neckerchiefPresident Ho Chi Minh gave to Dinh Ngoc Thi in 1966. The 56-year-old man servedas head of the Young Bamboo Shoots Duy Vien Co-operative, a group of YoungPioneers founded in 1958.
Other objects include a pistol the President granted to Health Minister HoangTich Tri (1903 - 1958), four letters President Ho Chi Minh sent to the Minister,and a painting of President Ho Chi Minh by Bulgarian painter Stefan Petrov in1957. Petrov met President Ho when he paid Bulgaria a State visit in 1957.
When the painter passed away, his family preserved the painting.
Last year, leaders of the Ho Chi MinhMuseum attended an exhibition on the President in Bulgaria and met Petrov’sfamily. The painting was then handed to the museum as a sign of respect fromPetrov’s family in particular and Bulgarian people in general.
Vu Manh Ha, Director of the museum, saidthe donated objects enriched the exhibits of the museum.
“We appreciate a lot that these donatedmemorabilia give more stories and information about the life and career of thePresident,” he said.
“We want to collect, preserve and promotethe value of objects relating to President Ho Chi Minh at home and abroad.”-VNA
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A painting by Bulgarian artist Stefan Petrov donated to the Ho Chi Minh Museum (Photo: VNA) 
