The statue is homely with the image of Uncle Ho sitting and reading a newspaper on a rattan chair, a pile of newspapers on a small table in front of him. Uncle Ho doesn’t wear a suit and shoes, but wears khaki pants, a casual long-sleeved shirt and a pair of rubber sandals, which had stuck with him throughout the journey to find independence and freedom for the country.

This is the 5th edition and the final version of the work of moulds completed by the hands of famous Mexican sculpture artist Pedro Ramirez Ponzanilli, adapted from a photo of Uncle Ho reading a newspaper at the Presidential Palace garden in 1960 by photographer Dinh Dang Dinh.

Four other versions of the bronze statue are currently located at the Freedom Park in the capital of Mexico, Presidential Palace relic site, headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency and Hanoi city.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi affirmed that the placement of the bronze statue of Uncle Ho in the campus of the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing has an important significance.

During the years of his revolutionary activities, China was the place Uncle Ho stopped for the longest time. He was a close friend of many Chinese revolutionaries. All his lifetime Uncle Ho dedicated to the cause of national liberation and reunification of the people of Vietnam, as well as fighting for the noblest ideals of humanity. President Ho Chi Minh lives forever in the hearts of Vietnamese people and in the hearts of international friends.

President Ho Chi Minh also attached great importance to Vietnam-China friendly neighbourly relations. It was the years the two Parties and the two peoples standing side by side, helping each other and building the deep friendship.

President Ho Chi Minh, President Mao Zedong and ancestral leaders of the two countries have nurtured the solidarity and traditional friendship between Vietnam-China. The Party, State and people of China have reserved cherished sentiments for President Ho Chi Minh.

Many places in China still preserve many vestiges of revolutionary activities of President Ho Chi Minh. The Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing was also honoured to be visited by Uncle Ho./.

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