Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan visit President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site

Within the framework of the official visit to Vietnam of Prime Minister of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev, on the morning of March 7, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev visited the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

Previously, Kyrgzystan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev also laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.

Visiting the Ho Chi Minh President Relic Site, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh introduced to Kyrgzystan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev about Uncle Ho's stilt house, along with the life and career of the great President Ho Chi Minh, national liberation hero, world cultural celebrity.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that President Ho Chi Minh was a very simple person, very close to the people and nature. The place where he lived and worked was always in harmony with nature, trees and grass...

The Prime Minister also shared that Vietnam has determined its policy of protecting and developing the country based on Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought and the nation's thousands of years of cultural and historical traditions, which are creatively applied in accordance with the country's conditions and circumstances and the regional and international context. Currently, Vietnam continues to promote the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and style.

The Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace is a Special National Relic, where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked during the last 15 years of his life (1954-1969). This is not only a place to preserve relics and artifacts associated with the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh, but also a sacred destination for compatriots and international friends.

Since 1970, the Relic Site has welcomed more than 90 million visitors, including over 15 million international visitors from more than 165 countries and territories.

The stilt house is where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked for 11 years (from May 1958 to August 1969) and together with the Politburo made many important decisions for the country. Here, he also welcomed international delegations and all shared the same feeling that this place "has no trace of power or wealth, does not feel strange but feels very familiar and close."

Next, in front of the bronze statue of “Uncle Ho working in the Presidential Palace flower garden” at the Presidential Palace Flower Trellis - the place where President Ho Chi Minh chose to receive guests and work on sunny days, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh invited Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev to enjoy Vietnamese coffee.

For Uncle Ho, the Presidential Palace Flower Arrangement was a “special living room” to welcome international friends in an open, natural atmosphere, not constrained by traditional diplomatic protocol. Many receptions of heads of state took place here, leaving a deep impression of President Ho Chi Minh’s polite, refined, and friendly diplomatic style.

The Prime Minister introduced to Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev about Vietnam's coffee culture, coffee industry as well as the foreign policy and rich cultural traditions, heroic history of the Vietnamese people, through details, images and elements appearing at the event such as water and fire, Dong Son bronze drum, Vietnamese bamboo, Vietnamese ao dai and Southern checkered scarf...

Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev expressed his admiration and respect for President Ho Chi Minh, the beloved leader of the Vietnamese people; was impressed with the culture, historical traditions of Vietnam and appreciated the taste of Vietnamese coffee and coffee culture; and thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for the warm, friendly and respectful reception for him and the Kyrgyz delegation.