Rome (VNA) - “Duong Kach Menh”(Revolutionary Path), a book written by late President Ho Chi Minh, has beentranslated into Italian and published in the European country.

The book, named “La Via Della Rivoluzione”in Italian, includes lectures by Nguyen Ai Quoc, an alias of Ho Chi Minh, attraining courses for staff of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League, heldin Guangzhou, China, between 1925 and 1927.

The Anteo Edizioni publishing house, theItaly – Vietnam Friendship Association and Honourary Consul of Vietnam in TurinSandra Scagliotti worked together on the publication.

In the book’s foreword, Scagliotti, who wasits Italian editor, said the work, with significant values in terms ofrevolutionary theory and practice, was the basis for spreading Marxist-Leninistrevolutionary doctrine in Vietnam.

Its publication will help Italiansunderstand more about Vietnam and the country’s history, and shorten the gap inVietnamese studies between Italy and other European countries, she added.

At the launching event, head of the Italy –Vietnam Friendship Association Fausto Co said the book was written in a simple,concise and lucid way.

Speaking to Vietnam News Agency, director ofthe Anteo Edizioni publishing house Stefano Bonilauri considered the book avaluable work from historical and cultural angles.

He said the publishing house plans to launchmore publications about Vietnam.

Through “Duong Kach Menh”, whose firstprinted versions were moved secretly to French-controlled Vietnam before 1930,Nguyen Ai Quoc presented the essence of Marxist-Leninist revolutionary doctrineand the Vietnamese revolution’s basic development direction.

It played an important role in disseminatingMarxism-Leninism in Vietnam in the late 1920s. Following the guiding of thebook, the first students came back to Vietnam to prepare for the foundation ofthe Vietnam Communist Party in 1930. They also led the August General Uprisingin 1945 to found the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and open a new era in thenation’s history.-VNA