(VOVworld) – Activities have been held at home and abroad to commemorate Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

The special art performance was organized in front of the newly-inaugurated monument of Uncle Ho in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Dung Phuong)

Last Saturday, a special art performance was organized in front of the newly-inaugurated monument of Uncle Ho in Ho Chi Minh City to mark his birthday and 104 years since he left Vietnam to seek national salvation.

Senior lieutenant Ngo Van The of the Sai Gon Port’s Border Post said: “through this program, we young officers promise to do our best and contribute our small effort to safeguarding the security and sovereignty of Ho Chi Minh City’s Port.”

The same day, a ceremony took place in Hanoi to honor 125 outstanding young people and workers and launch the 2015 young volunteer summer campaign.

125 outstanding young people and workers were honored for following Uncle Ho’s example. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

On this occasion, a documentary will be broadcast by the national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) showing the influence of the communist hero Ho Chi Minh on oppressed nations around the world.

Other activities are under way across Vietnam in remembrance of Uncle Ho. A delegation of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations and representatives of Quang Ninh authorities and citizens participated in a “Follow in President Ho Chi Minh's footsteps” tour and a festival in China’s Quangxi province for people of the border area between Vietnam and China.

Vu Xuan Hong, chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations, spoke about the program’s meaning: “every step of President Ho Chi Minh in China was closely linked to major events of the Vietnam revolution and spoke to the sentimental brotherhood between the two countries. The movement ‘Following in President Ho Chi Minh's footsteps’ offers each of us an opportunity to learn and follow the example set by our predecessors and teach younger generations to honor and uphold the Vietnamese-Sino friendship, a precious asset of both our peoples.”

Overseas Vietnamese communities worldwide organized various activities to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

Chairman of the Indian-Vietnam Friendship Association K.L. Malhotra at the event (Photo:Minh Ly/ Vietnam+)

At a meeting held by the Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi, India, awards were given to winners of a contest to learn about Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh.

Indian winners of the contest to learn about Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh. (Photo:Minh Ly/ Vietnam+)

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh said President Ho Chi Minh is a UNESCO-recognized world cultural celebrity who has been featured in many books, poems, and songs both in Vietnam and other countries. The contest’s entries once again showed that Indian people have a deep understanding of the President, the Vietnamese nation, and relations between Vietnam and India.

Celebrations took place at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France and in the capital city of Pretoria, South Africa.