US-based lawyer Trịnh Quốc Thiên in the interview with Vietnam News Agency. — VNA/VNS Photos

WASHINGTON DC — The ideology of President Hồ Chí Minh features profound content that could be summarised in the words of “independence, freedom, and happiness”, said US-based lawyer Trịnh Quốc Thiên.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of 55 years of implementing the late leader’s testament, Thiên, who has also researched Việt Nam’s history for many years, said “independence, freedom, and happiness” are not only the wish of Hồ Chí Minh but also his viewpoint on the nation’s right to independence and freedom, as well as the goal that the President, the Party, and the people of Vietnam stay steadfast in.

These values last forever for the Vietnamese, along with other peoples around the globe since people in every society aspire to eternal freedom and happiness, he noted, adding that the leader’s ideology also highlights the strength of national solidarity in regaining independence and freedom and driving off foreign invaders.

The lawyer emphasised that Hồ Chí Minh’s ideology has stood side by side with the Vietnamese people throughout their pride-worthy struggles and will last forever. He also expressed his hope that the ideology will further reach experts and scholars in the US.

Meanwhile, Đặng Thái Minh, Chief of the Office of the Vietnamese Business Association in Japan, underlined the late leader’s concept of “people”, which includes all the ethnic groups across Vietnam and overseas Vietnamese (OV).

Đặng Thái Minh, Chief of the Office of the Vietnamese Business Association in Japan

She said OVs always stay united and assist one another to create strength to contribute to the Fatherland and support compatriots in the homeland.

Over the past years, the Party and State has given consistent attention to OVs, who have had opportunities to attend annual meaningful activities such as the conference of OVs, the commemoration of the Hùng Kings, and the Homeland Spring.

Young OVs have also gained a chance to take part in the summer camp in Việt Nam. The government has also paid heed to the maintenance of the Vietnamese language among young OVs in Japan as well as around the world.

Minh also thanked the Party, the State, and the State Committee for OV Affairs for encouraging and creating conditions for Vietnamese people’s businesses abroad to return to operate in the homeland and introduce Japanese partners to Việt Nam, thus helping expand investment opportunities. — VNA/VNS