A delegation of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly (NA), and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and Hanoi leaders today paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on the occasion of his 132nd birth anniversary [May 19].

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien headed the delegation.

The leaders expressed their gratefulness to President Ho Chi Minh, who devoted his life to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation while stressing their commitment to follow the pathway that President Ho Chi Minh has chosen to lead the country towards prosperity.

The delegation also laid wreaths in tribute to fallen combatants at the Monument for Heroic Martyrs on Bac Son street to commemorate national heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country’s liberation and the people’s happiness.

The delegates recalled the great contributions that the late leader made to the revolutionary cause of the Party and nation.

President Ho Chi Minh led the nation to success in the struggle for national independence. On September 2, 1945, he read the Declaration of Independence, declaring to the world the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

President Ho Chi Minh was a talented leader, a national hero who devoted all his life to the struggle for national independence, freedom, and happiness of the people while tirelessly striving for peace and progress in the world.

Top leaders pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi. Photo: Thanh Hai/The Hanoi Times

Former and incumbent Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his birth anniversary.

A delegation of Hanoi led by the capital city's Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung lays flowers to President Ho Chi Minh.

Hanoi leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh.