Special art programme held to mark President Ho Chi Minh's 135th birth anniversary
A special art programme was organised at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on May 18 night to commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2025).
Party General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and other Party and State leaders attend the programme. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🧸 - A special art programme was organised at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on May 18 night to commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2025).
The event was attended by Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; and Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, along with leaders from central agencies and ministries.
Meticulously staged, the programme featured a blend of historical footage, dramatic re-enactments, and modern musical performances, aiming to evoke pride and inspiration among viewers. It brought together many renowned artists and performers from national theatres and music ensembles.
The programme was structured into three segments. The first, titled “Nguyen Sinh Cung – Nguyen Tat Thanh”, focused on the values and ideals that shaped Ho Chi Minh’s characters.
The second part, “Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh,” portrayed the period from 1930 to 1975, highlighting his journey of embracing progressive ideologies, striving for national liberation, participating in international movements, founding the Communist Party, and making historic contributions to the revolutionary cause. It also covered the later periods of renovation, integration, and development known as the Ho Chi Minh Era.
The final segment, “Vietnam! Ky Nguyen Vuon Minh” (Vietnam! The Era of Rising Up), affirmed that Ho Chi Minh’s name symbolises the nation's sacred spirit, having inscribed the words "Vietnam – Independence, Freedom, and Happiness" on the global map. His life, career, and legacy remain powerful driving forces behind Vietnam’s ongoing quest for national strength and prosperity.
The general director of the programme, Nguyen Trung Dung, shared that the event presented a personal and historical portrait of President Ho Chi Minh by exploring the significance of his many aliases from Nguyen Sinh Cung and Nguyen Tat Thanh to Nguyen Ai Quoc and Ho Chi Minh. These names, he said, reflected different phases of his revolutionary life, and also embodied key cultural and intellectual values of the Vietnamese people and humanity at large.
By honouring President Ho Chi Minh’s ideological legacy, moral example, and independent, self-reliant thinking, the programme offered profound inspiration as Vietnam continues to pursue its national development goals.
A performance at the programme (Photo: VNA)
The event was part of a broader series of cultural and artistic activities designed to enhance public understanding of President Ho Chi Minh’s contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary cause. Through moving performances and touching stories, the programme vividly portrayed the image of a brilliant leader, a great teacher of the Vietnamese revolution, a hero of national liberation, and a great man of culture.
It also contributed to fostering patriotism, revolutionary ideals, and the thought, morality, and style of President Ho Chi Minh among officials, Party members, and the wider public, particularly the younger generation, thereby reinforcing national solidarity and mobilising internal strength for the cause of national development, defence, and international integration./.
On May 19, 1890, at a lotus village in Nam Dan district, the central province of Nghe An, a boy named Nguyen Sinh Cung was born. At that time, no one could have foreseen that he would one day change the destiny of a nation, becoming a brilliant leader, an outstanding revolutionary, a national liberation hero, and a world cultural celebrity.
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