Ho Chi Minh admirers have another chance to learn about the great man’spersonality and life thanks to a new book published by an overseasVietnamese national in Ottawa city, Canada on May 28.
The 200-page book “Ho Chi Minh: Nhan van va phat trien” (Ho ChiMinh: Humanity and development), written by Dr Nguyen Dai Trang fromCentennial College, is published in Vietnamese, English and French andspans seven chapters that display images and facts about the latePresident Ho Chi Minh’s life and career from the perspective of apatriot living abroad.
Speaking at the ceremony,Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada To Anh Dung hailed the author for beingthe first OV to write and publish books about the late President.
He also introduced a coloured portrait of “Uncle Ho”, which was giftedby Canadian artist Jean-Mauriece Gelinas on the occasion of the 69thanniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
Gelinas, who was also present at the event, said that when he foundout about the friendship between Uncle Ho and Spanish cubist painterPablo Picasso, he decided to draw a portrait of the late President,inspired by Picasso’s “Joie de Vivre” (The Joy of Life).
Dr Trang’s first book about the late Vietnamese leader “Ho Chi Minh –Tam va Tai cua mot nha yeu nuoc” (Ho Chi Minh: the heart and mind of apatriot) was released in May 2010.
The debutceremony saw the participation of 50 guests, including former member ofthe House of Commons of Canada Bryon Wilfert and a number of Vietnameseand Canadians living in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.-VNA
The 200-page book “Ho Chi Minh: Nhan van va phat trien” (Ho ChiMinh: Humanity and development), written by Dr Nguyen Dai Trang fromCentennial College, is published in Vietnamese, English and French andspans seven chapters that display images and facts about the latePresident Ho Chi Minh’s life and career from the perspective of apatriot living abroad.
Speaking at the ceremony,Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada To Anh Dung hailed the author for beingthe first OV to write and publish books about the late President.
He also introduced a coloured portrait of “Uncle Ho”, which was giftedby Canadian artist Jean-Mauriece Gelinas on the occasion of the 69thanniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
Gelinas, who was also present at the event, said that when he foundout about the friendship between Uncle Ho and Spanish cubist painterPablo Picasso, he decided to draw a portrait of the late President,inspired by Picasso’s “Joie de Vivre” (The Joy of Life).
Dr Trang’s first book about the late Vietnamese leader “Ho Chi Minh –Tam va Tai cua mot nha yeu nuoc” (Ho Chi Minh: the heart and mind of apatriot) was released in May 2010.
The debutceremony saw the participation of 50 guests, including former member ofthe House of Commons of Canada Bryon Wilfert and a number of Vietnameseand Canadians living in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.-VNA
