Commemorating the 81st National Day: Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
WVR/VNA - On August 28 morning, in Hanoi, a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the State, the National Assembly and the Government laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on the occasion of the 81st National Day (September 2, 1945–2026).
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| Party and State leaders, former leaders remember President Ho Chi Minh. (Source: VNA) |
The ceremony was attended by Politburo members: General Secretary and President To Lam; Prime Minister Le Minh Hung; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu.
The ceremony also saw the presence of former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; former Presidents: Nguyen Minh Triet, Luong Cuong; former Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; along with Politburo members, Central Committee Secretaries, Vice President, Deputy Prime Ministers, Deputy National Assembly Chairpersons, and many leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, ministries, and central agencies.
The delegation's wreath bore the inscription: “Eternal gratitude to the great President Ho Chi Minh”.
Subsequently, the delegation from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front also laid wreaths and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum.
The delegates expressed their profound gratitude and solemn remembrance of the beloved leader's immense contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. He devoted his entire life to the people and the country, leading the Party and the Vietnamese people to glorious victories.
Eighty-one years ago, on September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, founding the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
He affirmed, “Vietnam has the right to enjoy freedom and independence, and in fact, has become a free and independent country. The entire Vietnamese nation is determined to use all its spirit and strength, lives and wealth, to maintain that freedom and independence.”
The entire Party, army, and people of Vietnam are determined to persist in the path chosen by President Ho Chi Minh, creatively applying his ideology to elevate the revolutionary cause he left behind to new heights, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world's great powers.
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| Party and State leaders, former leaders visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. (Source: VNA) |
Immediately afterward, the delegation from the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government, and the delegation from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front offered incense and paid tribute to fallen heroes at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bac Son street in Hanoi. The delegation's wreath bore the inscription: “Eternal gratitude to the heroic martyrs”.
With reverence and boundless gratitude, the delegates bowed in remembrance of the heroic martyrs – the nation's exemplary sons who sacrificed their entire lives for the homeland and the country.
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| Commemorating the 81st National Day: A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the State, the National Assembly and the Government pays tribute to fallen heroes at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bac Son street in Hanoi on August 28, 2026. (Photo: VNA) |
Throughout the revolutionary journey of the Party and the nation, with the aspiration and belief in the truth “Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom”, and the spirit “Determined to die for the Fatherland to live”, generations of Vietnam's exemplary sons bravely volunteered for battle, heroically fought, and selflessly sacrificed to fulfill their duties, for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, for the peace and happiness of the people.
On the same morning, delegations from the Central Military Commission – Ministry of National Defence; Central Public Security Party Committee – Ministry of Public Security; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi... laid wreaths, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum, and offered incense in remembrance at the Monument to the Heroes and Martyrs.
