(VNF) - An exhibition featuring President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese-French friendship opens at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on August 18^th.

The event is held by the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Party Central Committee Office’s archives department on the occasion of 70 years since the late leader paid an official visit to France in 1946, and the 71^st anniversary of the August Revolution in 1945 that led to the foundation of Vietnam the same year.

The ribbon cutting ceremony on August 18^th

Present at the ceremony were Chief of the Party Central Committee’s Office Nguyen Van Nen, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien, Vice head of the Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Bui Van Thach and Acting Director of the Ho Chi Minh museum Nguyen Thuy Duc.

President Ho Chi Minh attended the Fontainebleau Conference in 1946

About 200 photos and items are displayed in four main topics, featuring President Ho Chi Minh’s first trip abroad, his official visit to France in 1946 to lay the foundations for the Vietnam and France’s friendly relations, President Ho Chi Minh’s contribution to building bilateral unity and friendship, and the Vietnamese-French relationship in accordance with Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts in the integration process.

Director Nguyen Thuy Duc, underlined the visit seven decades ago, elaborating that Ho Chi Minh met key figures in France’s Government, political parties, military officers and media, along with Vietnamese expatriates. The leader clearly expressed the Vietnamese people’s goodwill and aspiration for peace during his tour.

The exhibition will last through early December./.

The exhibition attracted many domestic and international visitors

Minh Phuong