After 30 years of working abroad, Nguyễn Ái Quốc (the pseudonym of President Hồ Chí Minh) returned to Việt Nam in January 1941. He led the revolutionary movement from the front and gained independence for the Vietnamese people.

 House No 48 on Hàng Ngang Street in Hà Nội, where President Hồ Chí Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence that gavebirth to the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam on September 2, 1945, has been listed among the nation’s special historical and cultural sites.

Two major photo exhibitions opened in HCM City on Tuesday to celebrate the 126^th birthday of former President Hồ Chí Minh.

The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will grace the city with a concert to celebrate the 126^th  birthday of President Hồ Chí Minh, May 19.       

Dressed in their most beautiful clothes, more than 12,000 migrant workers in Bình Phước Province’s Bắc Đồng Phú Industrial Park attended a special concert last Sunday featuring a message of sharing and happiness. 

The exhibition, which drew the participation of wildlife photographers from all over Việt Nam, including Đà Nẵng, aims to raise awareness for the protection of the endangered langur in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in this city.

A play titled Vịt Trời Trúng Độc (Poisoned Wild Duck) was performed at the Opera House in the northern city of Hải Phòng last night. The play is based on Norwegian Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck from 1884 and is a combination of actors and marionettes.

The first volume of War Memoirs by French President Charles de Gaulle was recently published in Vietnamese.

On Saturday evening, seven giant lotus flowers floating on the central Hương River in Huế were lit up to inaugurate a cultural week celebrating Buddha’s 2560th birthday.