Vietnamese community in Thailand pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese people in Udon Thani province of Thailand offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh on February 1 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.
Representatives of Vietnamese people in Udon Thani province pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on February 1 (Source: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Vietnamese people in Udon Thaniprovince of Thailand offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh on February1 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.
Luong Xuan Hoa, Chairman of the Vietnamese People Associationin Udon Thani, said the late leader of Vietnam used to live and develop a revolutionarymovement among the Vietnamese community in Udon Thani as well as Thailand atlarge in 1928 - 1929.
In 1957, when Ho Chi Minh was still alive, expatriates inThailand set up altars in their home to worship him as a saint, Hoa noted.
On this occasion, he expressed his hope that the Vietnamesein Udon Thani will continue upholding solidarity and mutual support to weatherpandemic-caused difficulties, preserve the country’s traditional culture, and alwaysturn their hearts to the homeland.
Undon Thani is home to the largest number ofVietnamese-origin people in Thailand, numbering more than 15,000. Its Noong On village inMuong town, where Ho Chi Minh carried out revolutionary activities in 1928 - 1929,is currently a relic site treasured by the Vietnamese in Thailand./.
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Representatives of Vietnamese people in Udon Thani province pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on February 1 (Source: VNA) 
