A ceremony to inaugurate the President Ho Chi Minh bust took place in Guadalajara city in Mexico’s Jalisco state on September 14 (Photo: VNA) |
Addressing the ceremony, Mayor
Enrique Ibarra Pedroza, of Guadalajara city said the bust is a pride of the city
and its people, while member of the city’s council, Jeanette Velazquez Sedano,
affirmed that the legacy of President Ho Chi Minh will be everlasting.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico, Nguyen Hoai Duong, thanked
the local people for their sentiment towards President Ho Chi Minh and the
Vietnamese people.
He recalled the admiration of former Mexican President Lazaro
Cardenas for President Ho Chi Minh and Indian leader Mahatma Gandi, saying that
they spent their whole lives striving for national liberation and freedom.
The 60cm-high bronze statue, created by Mexican sculptor Saul
Hernandez, is the fourth one of President Ho Chi Minh to be installed in Mexico.
Earlier, a statue of President Ho Chi Minh was inaugurated at
the Vietnamese Embassy’s headquarters in Mexico in 2015.
Source: NDO