On August 22, Commission for External Relations of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee coordinated with the Communist Party of Argentina (CPA) and the Vietnamese Embassy in the Latin American nation to organize a workshop entitled “President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam-Latin America relations” in Argentina.
Participants at the workshop (Photo: VNA)
The workshop was held as part of a working visit of a CPV delegation led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, head of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Popularization and Education.
The event at the Héctor P. Agosti Marxist Studies and Training Centre (CEFMA) in Buenos Aires drew the participation of 100 delegates from the CPA, the Communist Party of Uruguay, and many researchers, scholars, and friends of Vietnam.
According to VN, addressing the workshop, Mr. Nghia thanked the people of Latin American countries, especially Argentina and Uruguay, for their solidarity, friendship, and immense support during Vietnam's struggle against foreign aggression and national reunification, and in the national construction and development process.
He affirmed the great value and enduring vitality of Ho Chi Minh's thought, and stated that socialism is the goal and ideal of the CPV and the people of Vietnam, and also an objective requirement and inevitable path of the Vietnamese revolution that President Ho Chi Minh, the CPV and the Vietnamese people have chosen and are pursuing with steadfast efforts.
He stressed that President Ho Chi Minh's thought is a revolutionary and scientific ideology based on Marxism-Leninism, which combines national and humankind cultural quintessence. It is the guideline for Vietnam to achieve growth breakthroughs and rapid and sustainable economic development.
Nghia expressed his belief that the values of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, and the path to socialism in Vietnam will be a source of strong encouragement for countries.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo affirmed that President Ho Chi Minh was the one who laid the foundation for the relationship between Uruguay and Vietnam.
Marcelo Fabian Rodríguez, Member of the Secretariat of the CPA and Director of CEFMA, stressed that Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh have always been symbols of the struggle against colonialism, imperialism and capitalist exploitation./.
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