Venezuela and the Vietnamese embassy today commemorated the 77th anniversary of the independence of the Indochinese country, with a floral offering at the National Pantheon in front of the Simón Bolívar monument.
The ceremony presided over by Foreign Minister Carlos Faría and the Asian nation’s ambassador here, Le Viet Duyen, also paid tribute to Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, 53 years after his physical disappearance.
In the National Pantheon, the authorities signed the visitors’ book to the Mausoleum that protects the mortal remains of the Father of the Nation.
Later, on his Twitter account, Faría wrote “Today we celebrate the 77th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We honor the memory of the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh and congratulate his heroic people. ‘You can lose a thousand battles but only by losing your laughter will you have known true defeat,’” he posted.
The event was attended by the Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Capaya Rodríguez, and representatives of the accredited diplomatic corps of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Belarus, Russia, Cuba and Nicaragua, among other nations.
Hours earlier on the same social network, President Nicolás Maduro congratulated the Vietnamese people on the Homeland date and recalled that “77 years ago they defeated the invaders in a heroic deed, becoming a beacon of dignity for the Peoples who defend the right to sovereignty and independence”.
On this day in 1945, after centuries of feudal exploitation and long decades of fighting against French, Japanese, and American invaders, under the confident guidance of leader Ho Chi Minh, the Indochinese country became the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The transformation and development policies promoted by the communist party They led the Asian country out of underdevelopment and turned it into a prosperous nation.
Official data reveals that Hanoi currently maintains commercial ties with 230 nations and the commercial exchange grew about 120 times more than in the first years of the so-called Renewal (Doi Moi) policy.
