During his lifetime, witnessing the extreme suffering of his people when the country was plunged into misery and slavery, the young man Nguyen Tat Thanh - Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc devoted his entire youth to finding a way to save the country and save the people.

He came to Marxism-Leninism, finding in the scientific and revolutionary doctrine of the times the path to national independence and happiness for the people. Since then, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which he founded and trained, the Vietnamese revolution has overcome countless hardships and dangers, going from one victory to another.

President Ho Chi Minh. Photo archive.

With his outstanding political vision, his ability to seize opportunities and predict the progress of the revolution, he led the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to a glorious victory in the general uprising to seize power for the people, establishing a state of the people, by the people and for the people. He was the soul of the Vietnamese people's nine-year long resistance war and the resistance war to liberate the South and unify the country.

Realizing his aspiration of “Vietnam being independent, free, happy, democratic, prosperous and powerful”, our Party initiated and led the renovation process, achieving great and historic achievements. Vietnam has completed the millennium goal of hunger eradication and poverty reduction 10 years ahead of schedule.

In particular, to realize his wish for a rich and powerful country, "standing shoulder to shoulder with the powers of the five continents", the entire political system is making efforts and determined to successfully carry out the revolution of restructuring and streamlining the apparatus, perfecting the institutions; doing a good job of organizing party congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Party Congress; achieving breakthrough socio-economic development goals, which are growth of 8% or more in 2025, and continuous double-digit growth in the period 2026-2030.

Every victory and every step forward of the Vietnamese revolution is associated with the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh - the great leader of our Party and people, the national liberation hero, the outstanding cultural figure of Vietnam, the outstanding revolutionary soldier of the international communist movement who was always simple, ordinary but profound.

The Vietnam People's Army was founded and trained by the Party and beloved Uncle Ho. Over the past 80 years, it has continuously grown and matured, always showing itself to be an army loyal to the Party and filial to the people. Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, the Army has achieved many outstanding results, creating a solid and synchronous transformation in all areas of work, making an important contribution to building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and modern People's Army.

President Ho Chi Minhalways in the hearts of every Vietnamese person. On the occasion of the 135th anniversary of his birth, our entire Party, people and army vow to remain loyal and continue the great revolutionary cause that the Party and Uncle Ho have chosen; resolutely and persistently defend the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland; strongly promote patriotism, the spirit of "self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride", the strength of great national unity to firmly enter a new era, an era of strong, prosperous development.

According to QĐND