On these historic May days, the whole nation turns to celebrate Uncle Ho's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2024), and looks back at the active activities of Lao Cai province in building relic sites associated with President Ho Chi Minh's activities in Lao Cai and Kunming (Yunnan - China) towards forming a red address journey following in Uncle Ho's footsteps.
Lao Cai has an important geopolitical position, being a bridge on the economic corridor of Kunming - Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh. Because of this strategic position, a railway line stretching from Hai Phong seaport to Kunming city (Yunnan - China) was built and operated along the entire route starting in 1910. Many overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese workers came to live and work at stations along the railway from Ha Khau to Kunming such as Nghi Luong, Khai Vien, Bich Sac, Chi Thon and in Kunming. This was the basis for the formation of Vietnamese Party organizations in Yunnan. In early 1940, Nguyen Ai Quoc, with the alias Ong Tran, came to operate in the Kunming city area and stations along the railway from Ha Khau to Kunming with the purpose of propagating and mobilizing revolution among overseas Vietnamese, railway workers, training and coaching revolution for Vietnamese communist soldiers such as Vu Anh, Le Tung Son, etc.
In 2019, Lao Cai province established a delegation of officials, experts, and media to conduct a survey of President Ho Chi Minh's activity locations in Yunnan to connect the journey following the red land with the golden tour "2 countries - 6 destinations" which was launched not long before. It can be said that these are very important first steps to lay the foundation for connecting and building the Ho Chi Minh heritage journey associated with the Kunming - Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh economic corridor. However, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, activities to promote the connection of the journey following Uncle Ho's footsteps in Yunnan have been temporarily suspended.
In August 2022, Lao Cai province coordinated with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Kunming to organize the International Academic Conference "Ho Chi Minh's Heritage and Vietnam - China Relations in the New Period" in a combined form of in-person and online. The Lao Cai bridge had the participation of representatives of the Department of Foreign Cultural Affairs and UNESCO - Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Department of International Cooperation, General Department of Tourism - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Ho Chi Minh Museum; Experts and researchers on President Ho Chi Minh. The conference focused on discussing the plan to restore and display the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site in Kunming City (Yunnan Province). The relic site became a red address, connecting tourism in Lao Cai (Vietnam) with Yunnan (China). The success of the conference created conditions for the Consulate General of Vietnam in Kunming to strongly promote the restoration and display of the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site in Ngu Hoa District (Kunming). Up to now, this has become the destination for delegations of Party and State leaders and Vietnamese organizations and individuals when coming to work, work and travel in Kunming.
Immediately after the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site in Lao Cai (Lao Cai Ward, Lao Cai City, Lao Cai Province) was ranked as a National Monument (Decision 892/QD-BVHTTDL dated April 15, 2022 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), Lao Cai Province directed relevant agencies and localities to plan and manage the relic site, and build a Memorial House of President Ho Chi Minh in the space of the relic site. In September 2023, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's visit to the Party Committee, government and ethnic people of Lao Cai Province, the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House was inaugurated and put into operation.
The memorial house was arranged for display under the advice of experts from the Ho Chi Minh Museum, where the imprints of President Ho Chi Minh's life and activities are preserved, as well as his feelings for the people and soldiers of Lao Cai province and the feelings of the ethnic people of Lao Cai for him. The memorial house of President Ho Chi Minh in Lao Cai has become a connecting point of the red address journey associated with Ho Chi Minh's heritage on the economic corridor of Kunming - Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh. This is also a solid spiritual support for cadres, party members and ethnic people of Lao Cai province - a red address to educate the young generation about revolutionary ideals and traditions.
The above activities also mark Lao Cai's achievements in organizing and implementing the task of honoring President Ho Chi Minh - a cultural celebrity in Vietnam's foreign cultural strategy.
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