Rare Memorabilia Depicts Stories about President Ho Chi Minh
The Ho Chi Minh Museum and the National Museum of History hold thematic exhibition "Each Memorabilia a Story," introducing many original and unique artifacts associated with stories about President Ho Chi Minh.
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| At the exhibition. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ho Chi Minh Museum in collaboration with the National Museum of History on October 13 organized an exhibition titled "Each Memorabilia a Story," introducing the collection of gifts to Uncle Ho from 1945 to 1969.
The collection includes about 200 artifacts and documents of the people in the country, overseas Vietnamese, and international friends sent to President Ho Chi Minh as well as gifts of the late President to people and friends.
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| A Southern checkered scarf, given to Uncle Ho by the Central Office for South Vietnam in 1963. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| A woolen scarf, given to President Ho Chi Minh by Mrs. Marie Louise, wife of Minister of Health Pham Ngoc Thach in 1968. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| The M20 tape recorder was presented to Uncle Ho on the occasion of his 79th birthday in May 1969 by a group of students practicing in Hungary. |
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| Embroidered portraits of Uncle Ho in the atmosphere of the resistance war and national construction, by students of Vietnam Youth School on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the National Resistance War (December 19, 1953). Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| A set of gifts from Marshal Ye Jianying to President Ho Chi Minh in 1961, including office furniture made of jade stone, fan, and poem by Chinese President Mao Zedong. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| A red scarf Uncle Ho presented to Dinh Ngoc Thi, chairman of Duy Vien Young Bamboo Cooperative, December 1966 and Uncle Ho's sweater gile given to artist Linh Nham in 1967. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Collection of porcelain cat statues, presented by Anna and Bach Lan, living in Beijing, China to President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 70th birthday, May 1, 1960. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| The set of gifts from the French overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Viet Ty. Ty went to France in 1921. In 1946, when President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese diplomatic mission came to Paris for an official visit, he was honored to become a chef to serve him and his delegation. After Uncle Ho returned home, he asked Nguyen Duc Tho bring above-mentioned gifts to express his love and admiration. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Uncle Ho's portrait, ink sketch by Dam Binh, a student at Kim Dong School, painted for Uncle Ho on the occasion of his 74th birthday, 1964. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| The set of gifts from French journalist Madeleine Riffaud to President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Sweater and transistor radio Uncle Ho gave to Mrs. Nguyen Thi To (Nghe An province) during her revolutionary activities' time. Ms. To donated these memorabilia to the Ho Chi Minh Museum in 2007. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Set of bamboo dining tableware, made by Nguyen Thi Bang Tam, a student at Nguyen Van Sac Primary School (Hanoi) for Uncle Ho, on February 10, 1964. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| A Lenin armorial, presented to President Ho Chi Minh by the delegation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union visiting Vietnam in 1962. A coffee set presented by the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR's Supreme Soviet. Lacquered wooden box, the Soviet Union's Party and Government delegation led by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers A.N. Kosygin visited Vietnam, presented to President Ho Chi Minh on February 9, 1965. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Uncle Ho's floral silk sheet was given to Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Pictorial Nguyen Van Dinh, when Dinh's wife, Nguyen Thi Me, gave birth to triplets, in 1962. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Ap Bac electric fan presented to Uncle Ho in 1967 by Thong Nhat Electric and Gas Enterprise (Hanoi) |
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| The Tales of Kieu, French translation by Nguyen Van Vinh, published in 1951. President Ho Chi Minh presented it to cinematographer Franz Faber of the German Democratic Republic, 1954. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Embroidery painting of One Pillar Pagoda, presented by President Ho Chi Minh to lawyer Loseby in 1960. Loseby is a British progressive lawyer, working at Russ and Co Law Office in Hong Kong. He successfully defensed for the late president in the Nguyen Ai Quoc case in Hong Kong from 1931 to 1933. In 1960, President Ho Chi Minh invited Loseby's family to visit Vietnam. On this occasion, he gave him an embroidered picture of One Pillar Pagoda, a famous Buddhist architectural art work, a symbol of Thang Long - Hanoi thousand years of civilization. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| A felt hat, in January 1969, President Ho Chi Minh gave to Mr. Pierre Biquard, a French physicist, member of the World Peace Council. In December 1968, he and the French Peace Movement delegation visited and supported the Vietnamese people's struggle against the US. On January 2, 1969, Mr. Pierre Biquard and the delegation were received by President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace. When the group was about to leave, seeing Mr. Biquard bare-headed in the cold winter, Uncle Ho gave him the hat. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper. The butterfly brooch that President Ho Chi Minh gave to Saipradit Phanomyong Vaini, the youngest daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Pridi Banomyong on the occasion of his family visit to Vietnam, August 1963. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| The sword and flak vest Uncle Ho gave to Vuong Chi Sinh (Vuong Chi Thanh) - the leader of the H'mong ethnic group (Ha Giang province). Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Elephant statue, carved wood, presented to Uncle Ho by the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on the occasion of his 76th birthday, 1966. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Some of Uncle Ho's gifts to artists and revolutionary cadres. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Uncle Ho's silk suits given to Trinh Nhu Luong in 1949 and Uncle Ho's Letter to Trinh Nhu Luong. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Movado wrist watch, presented by Uncle Ho to Minister of Water Irrigation and Architecture Tran Dang Khoa, 1955. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Collection of Uncle Ho badge, the noble award for individuals who have made outstanding feats in combat as well as in the movement "Good people, good deeds". Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| Gifts from Indonesia and Burma presented to President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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| President Ho Chi Minh receives Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov at the Presidential Palace, Hanoi, January 21, 1962. Photo: Tien Phong newspaper |
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