Vietnamese leaders paid respect to President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hà Nội on Thursday ahead of the Lunar New Year 2025. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên

HÀ NỘI — A delegation of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee, the State President, the National Assembly (NA), the Government and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee paid floral tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hà Nội on Thursday on the occasion of the Tết (Lunar New Year) 2025.

The delegation included Party General Secretary Tô Lâm, former Party General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh, State President Lương Cường, NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn, former NA Chairpersons Nguyễn Sinh Hùng and Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat and Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Inspection Trần Cẩm Tú, and President of the VFF Central Committee Đỗ Văn Chiến, as well as many former leaders and representatives from ministries and agencies.

The leaders showed their respects and deep gratitude to President Hồ Chí Minh – a genius leader and national liberation hero who dedicated his whole life to the people and the country, and guided the Party and people to achieve glorious victories.

They committed to accelerating and making breakthroughs to successfully fulfill the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution to help Việt Nam firmly step into a new era – the era of the nation’s rise, and contribute more to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Then, the delegation also laid a wreath and offered incense in tribute to fallen combatants at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs on the capital city’s Bac Son street.

The same day, delegations from the Central Military Commission – the Ministry of National Defence, the Central Public Security Party Commission – the Ministry of Public Security, as well as the Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee of Hà Nội also paid tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh and laid flowers at the Monument for Heroic Martyrs.

On this occasion, leaders and former leaders of the Party and State laid wreaths and offered incense in tribute to revolutionary predecessors and heroic martyrs at the Mai Dịch Cemetery in the city. — VNA/VNS