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The book named “From Viet Bac to Hanoi”, the third volume of a novel series on Ho Chi Minh’s national salvation named “Ten thousand miles of the homeland” (Nuoc Non Van Dam) by writer Nguyen The Ky was released in May to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s 134th birthday on May 19th.

The Bac Giang Provincial Museum in coordination with the Bac Giang Provincial Police Department on May 14 opened an exhibition themed "President Ho Chi Minh with officials and people of all ethnic groups in Bac Giang province" at the memorial area of six things Uncle Ho taught the People's Public Security Forces in Nha Nam town, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province on the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2024).

On May 15, the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held a conference summarizing 3 years of implementing Conclusion 01 KL/TW of the Politburo and praising collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in the period 2021 - 2024.

Science-technology is an important driving force to boost economic growth, create breakthroughs for productivity and increase national competitive edge as the country is developing its socialist-oriented market economy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reiterated on May 15.

The Ho Chi Minh Women’s Union awarded certificates of merit to 30 collectives and 23 individuals for excellently following Uncle Ho’s example.

The inauguration ceremony of Uncle Ho Monument is planned to take place in Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang province, with the attendance of about 1,500 delegates. On this occasion, the central square of the city will be named Ho Chi Minh Square.

​The Pleiku city Party Committee in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has held a conference to summarize three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion 01-KL/TW on continuing to realize Directive 05-CT/TW on promoting studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style.

On May 13, a working delegation of the National Defense Academy led by Senior Lieutenant General Tran Viet Khoa, Member of the Party Central Committee, and Director of the academy, offered flowers and incense to President Ho Chi Minh at Dai Doan Ket Square, Nup Hero's Monument and visited Martyrs Cemetery in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

The Party Committee, authority and people of Nghe An province always appreciate President Ho Chi Minh's special sacred feeling for his homeland, considering it an invaluable asset of the homeland, thus determining to build the province to be increasingly rich, beautiful, civilized and worthy of being his homeland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh in collaboration with a group of Bangladeshi scholars studying President Ho Chi Minh organized a seminar "Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on the peasantry and promoting exchanges between Bangladeshi and Vietnamese farmers" in Manikganj province, Dhaka area, on May 11.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Thu Duc City on May 12 coordinated with the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Thu Duc City and Buu Long Pagoda to organize an inauguration ceremony of an environmentally friendly, clean, green park in association with "Ho Chi Minh cultural space" at Buu Long Pagoda.

The Phu Vang district Party Committee has held a conference to summarize three years of implementing Conclusion 01-KL/TW of the Politburo (term XIII) on continuing to implement Directive 05-CT/TW of the Politburo (term XII) promoting studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh City on May 13 honoured 263 outstanding members for well following Uncle Ho’s example.

A clean, green, environmentally friendly park project associated with the "Ho Chi Minh cultural space" at Buu Long Pagoda was inaugurated at a ceremony on May 12 by the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Thu Duc City (Ho Chi Minh City), coordinating with the City Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Buu Long Pagoda.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected some key transport infrastructure and climate change response projects in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 12.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on May 11 attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a high-tech biodegradable materials factory, a trillion-VND project by Ecovance Co. Ltd under the Republic of Korea’s SK Group, at the Dinh Vu industrial park in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Vietnam had a very successful dialogue on its fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) National Report with the participation of a large number of United Nations member countries on May 7, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet said, adding that the country brought to the session four important messages.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a decision on granting rice from the national reserves to schoolchildren in extremely poor communes.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met with voters in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 11, ahead of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s seventh sitting.

Resolutely handling wrongdoing officials, including those holding high positions, demonstrates the political determination of the Party and the State to make the apparatus pure and tighten Party disciplines and State laws.

Diversifying communications methods to enhance public awareness of natural disaster prevention and control, and ensuring accurate and timely forecast are among solutions to minimise damage caused by natural disasters, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said while chairing a national conference on natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue in 2024 held in Hanoi on May 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and held a working session with Army Corps 12 - Truong Son Construction Corporation and the Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh Trail Traditional Association in Hanoi on May 10, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail - the Traditional Day of Truong Son Army Corps (May 19).

Ho Chi Minh cultural space is present throughout religious establishments, non-state businesses, residential areas, in alleys, people's houses and even in the learning corners of children in Ho Chi Minh City. By the end of 2023, the city had 2,908 Ho Chi Minh cultural space institutions.

Vietnam sent 12 robotics teams to compete in the tournament taking place in the United States from April 25 to May 3, ranking among the Top 10 in all competitions and bringing home six prizes.

On May 9, a flag-raising ceremony was held on Co To Island district, Quang Ninh province, on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to the island (May 9).

A delegation from the Thai Nguyen Provincial Public Security on May 8 offered incense and flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the memorial house in De Pass in Phu Dinh commune, Dinh Hoa district.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has set three major digital transformation targets for the banking sector, including creating the most favourable conditions for people, businesses and agencies to access banking services.

On May 7, the delegation from the Indian Embassy in Vietnam led by Mr. Subhash Prasad Gupta, Deputy Ambassador, visited Bac Ninh and offered flowers to the statue of the great poet Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore located at the International Friendship Park in the province.

The delegation of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Ministry of Public Security, led by Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, laid a wreath, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense in commemoration of heroic martyrs.

The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly (NA), the State President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, and the northwestern province of Dien Bien held a grand ceremony on May 7 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).