Russian, Indian scholars share feelings about President Ho Chi Minh
President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts were built on a firm foundation of revolutionary ethics, Professor and Dr Vladimir Kolotov, head of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at the Saint Petersburg State University, told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Russia on the occasion of the late President’s 130th birthday.
Professor and Dr Vladimir Kolotov, head of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at the Saint Petersburg State University (Source: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) - President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts were built on a firmfoundation of revolutionary ethics, Professor and Dr Vladimir Kolotov, head ofthe Ho Chi Minh Institute at the Saint Petersburg State University, told VietnamNews Agency correspondents in Russia on the occasion of the late President’s130th birthday.
One of the leadingRussian scholars in Vietnamese studies, Kolotov stressed that the President’sethical values were solid based on the combination of both Western and Easternphilosophy.
President Hoalways emphasised the just role of the Vietnamese people in the struggle fornational liberation and reunification, he stated.
He highlighted therole and significance of morality and justice amid an unstable world, stressingthe need to popularise President Ho’s thoughts, as the more the world relies onethics, the better it will become.
President Ho Chi Minh,he went on, not only played an important role in Vietnam’s liberation andreunification but was also a renowned revolutionary who wrote books onrevolutionary theory and practices in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Kolotov alsoaffirmed that President Ho always left a good impression on those he met.
Several Indianscholars also shared their opinions on President Ho.
ProfessorJayachandra Reddy, head of the Centre for Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies atthe Sri Venkateswara University and co-editor of the book “Ho Chi Minh withIndia”, affirmed that the whole world recognises that Ho Chi Minh is alegendary Vietnamese leader.
He admiresPresident Ho, he explained, because of his leadership and unyielding fightingspirit for national liberation.
Sharing the sameopinion, General Secretary of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee of WestBengal state Prava Samantaray said she is impressed by President Ho’s charactersand lifestyle and has taken part in many seminars, programmes, and lectures onthe late Vietnamese leader./.
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Professor and Dr Vladimir Kolotov, head of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at the Saint Petersburg State University (Source: VNA) 
