On the morning of December 12, at Kim Lien Special National Historic Site, Nam Dan District, the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Provincial Fatherland Front Committee solemnly held the 60^th anniversary of Uncle Ho's second visit to his hometown (December 08, 1961 - December 08, 2021) and the inauguration of the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House.

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; former leaders of the Party and State, leaders of Ministries, Central branches, leaders of the province and Nam Dan district, and representatives of the Nguyen Sinh, Hoang Xuan, and Ha families.

Leaders of the Party and State, leaders of Ministries, branches and provincial leaders visit the Kim Lien Special National Historic Site

Nghe An always follows Uncle Ho's instructions

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy delivers a speech at the Celebration

Delivering a speech at the Celebration, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy reminded about the anniversary of Uncle Ho's second visit to his hometown Nghe An 60 years ago; his love for the homeland, his instructions and wishes for the country's development; at the same time, reported on the achievements that the Party Committee, Government and People of the province have implemented according to Uncle Ho's instructions during the past 60 years.

Returning to the country in the spring of 1941 and directly leading the successful August Revolution, regaining independence and freedom for the people and the country after many nights of slavery, President Ho Chi Minh still has not been able to visit his hometown. It was not until June 1957, after more than 2 years of the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu making "golden history", that He returned to visit his homeland. In December 1961, the people of the hometown were only able to welcome Uncle Ho to visit his hometown for the second time. Returning to his homeland for the second time, he spent all his time visiting and talking with cadres and compatriots at Hoang Tru village, Vinh city; visiting Vinh Mechanical Factory; Nghe An Mountain Pedagogy School; Dong Hieu Farm; Vinh Thanh cooperative, etc. Every place He visited, He gave cadres and people a lot of affection, specific and practical advice. No one could have thought that it was also the last time He returned to his homeland, the last time his hometown could welcome Uncle Ho.

Returning to his hometown this time, Uncle Ho happily praised the Nghe An labor movement over the years, which has gained many great achievements in all aspects; everyone, every home, every industry has a lot of efforts and progress. Uncle Ho reminded the provincial Party Committee: "We must strengthen the leadership of the Party executive committees at all levels", "try harder to develop the economy, first of all, to develop agriculture to be self-sufficient in food and provide more raw materials for industry”. Uncle raised big problems about Nghe An's responsibility to the entire country: “The compatriots and cadres need to have the determination to strive to build our province into one of the best provinces in the North”, “making a worthy contribution to the cause of building socialism in the North, serving as a strong basis for the realization of peace and national reunification”.

Responding to the thoughtful sentiments, wishes and profound teachings of the day when he returned to his hometown, Nghe An Party Committee, army and people focused on implementing the Resolution on building party facilities in rural areas and improving agricultural cooperatives. As a result, food production since 1962 has increased by 4.8%, new economic zones were opened such as Nghia Dan, Tan Ky, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, etc. Many irrigation works, inter-commune and inter-district traffic were built and put into use; People enthusiastically emulated production labor, creating an important premise for the entire province to strive to complete the first five-year plan. During the years of resistance against the American imperialists, Nghe An Party Committee and People made many worthy contributions, with the spirit of "no shortage of rice, no shortage of soldiers", "All for the front line, all for defeating the American invaders”; together with the army and people of the entire country, made the historic Great Victory of Spring 1975, completely liberated the South, reunified the country, brought the country to socialism, and at the same time fulfilled the noble international duty.

During the years of working far away from the country, He always watched and grasped the specific situation in the country and Nghe - Tinh. In the chaos of national affairs, He was always deeply devoted to his homeland, as shown in 31 letters, 10 talks, and 3 telegrams. His sacred, deep affection, dedicated and thoughtful care for his homeland is an invaluable asset, a great source of encouragement and motivation for cadres, soldiers and people of Nghe An in all revolutionary stages.

To carry out the wishes and advice of the beloved Uncle Ho, over the years, with the attention of the Party and State, the sharing and help of localities and compatriots throughout the country, Nghe An Party Committee, army and people have constantly strived to rise up, achieving many important achievements in various fields. From a province with a low starting point, Nghe An has risen to stand in the group of localities with relatively fast economic growth in the entire country; built an increasingly solid socio-economic foundation in all aspects. In particular, in the past two years, under the influence and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nghe An Party Committee and People have highly promoted the spirit of solidarity, mobilized the strength of the entire political system, effectively controlled the pandemic, made efforts to maintain and restore socio-economic development. The economic growth rate in 2021 is estimated to increase by 6.2%. Culture - society has made great progress, National Defense - Security has been maintained. People's trust in the Party and State is increasingly being raised, creating a solid foundation for the province to continue developing quickly and comprehensively in the new period.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy said that the Party Committee and people of Nghe An ethnic groups promise Uncle that they will continue to make more efforts, further promote the historical, cultural and people traditions of Nghe An, arouse the will to be self-reliant and aspire to rise up; proactively and actively innovate to bring the province to sustainable development. Striving the highest to achieve the goal by 2025, Nghe An will become a good province of the Northern region, in 2030, a good province of the country.

Nghe An needs to clearly see its responsibility as President Ho Chi Minh's hometown to strive for implementation

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech

Expressing his emotions about Nam Dan - Nghe An, the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh so dearly, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized: Celebrating the 60^th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to his homeland and inaugurating President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House at Kim Lien special national relic site is once again deeply expressing the respect and boundless gratitude to Uncle Ho, the dear people and soldiers of the country in general and the Party Committee, Government and People of Nghe An province in particular.

The 60^th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to his homeland was held on the one year anniversary of Nghe An's implementation of the Resolution of the 19^th Provincial Party Congress and nearly a year of implementing the Resolution of the 13^th National Party Congress. Through monitoring, the State President realized that the provincial leaders have been very active, urgently building and implementing programs, projects, planning and plans to implement the Resolution of the Congress. Despite the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021, Nghe An's economy still achieves a growth rate of 6.2%, with a good budget revenue; budget revenue is quite good; culture - society continues to be concerned; the COVID-19 prevention and control is drastic and effectively controls the pandemic; internal solidarity; national defense - security is maintained.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hoped that Nghe An will continue to promote the achieved results, determined to successfully implement the goal that by 2025 Nghe An will become a good province in the Northern region, and in 2030, become a good province of the country as set out by the 19^th Provincial Party Congress.

Nghe An needs to see clearly its responsibility as President Ho Chi Minh's homeland - to soon realize what beloved Uncle Ho always wished for his homeland. To do so and above all else, Nghe An must fulfill its aspiration to rise up, in which it must do well to study and follow Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and style in terms of self-reliance, self-support and aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country, determined to create a miracle of the Lam River that the country is waiting for.

Nghe An is the only locality in the country outside the 5 cities directly under the Central Government that has its own resolution issued by the Politburo (Resolution No. 26) to become the socio-economic center of the North Central region. At the 2^nd meeting, the 15^th National Assembly issued Resolution No. 36 on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province. This shows the special care and responsibility and affection of the Party, State and compatriots throughout the country for President Ho Chi Minh's homeland. The State President suggested that Nghe An need to actively and proactively coordinate with Central ministries, committees and branches to correctly and quickly implement the leadership and direction of the Politburo, the National Assembly and the Government to bring the Resolutions to life for the development of Nghe An, beloved Uncle Ho's homeland.

Along with development in all fields, the province needs to focus on building and developing culture and people, promoting strengths and overcoming weaknesses of Nghe An culture and people to meet the requirements of integration, rapid and sustainable development. Focusing on building, protecting, honoring and promoting Ho Chi Minh's cultural values, deeply imbued with the concept of "Culture lights the way for the nation".

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung says that he will fully and seriously absorb the instructions of the President to implement well in the coming time

On behalf of the Party Committee, Government, people and armed forces of the province, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung would like to thank the leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly and Central ministries, committees, branches and mass organizations who always pay special attention and affection to Nghe An province; have promulgated guidelines and resolutions to promote the development of Nghe An province such as: Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo and Resolution No. 36 of the 15^th National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province, etc. Especially at this celebration, on behalf of the Party Committee and People of Nghe An province, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung would like to fully absorb the instructions of comrade President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to implement well in the coming time. Nghe An province also wished and proposed that leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, Central committees, ministries, branches and provinces continue to pay attention to leading, directing and helping Nghe An province to have a faster and more sustainable development, fulfilling Uncle Ho's wish before his death, worthy of being the homeland of the dear President Ho Chi Minh.

*/Also this morning, leaders of the Party and State, leaders of Ministries and branches, leaders of provinces, Nam Dan district, Kim Lien commune, the Nguyen Sinh, Hoang Xuan, and Ha families cut the ribbon to inaugurate the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House.

President Ho Chi Minh memorial house was started construction in October 2020 right on the old ground, the materials, textures, patterns and motifs are modeled on traditional Vietnamese architecture which are sacred, cozy, rustic and close.

Leaders of the Central Committee, leaders of the province, Nam Dan district, Kim Lien commune cut the ribbon to inaugurate the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House

The work is an expression of the infinite respect and gratitude of the people of Nghe An in particular, of compatriots in the country and overseas Vietnamese in general, for dear Uncle Ho. After a year of active construction, the work has been completed to ensure quality and progress, creating harmony and synchronism in architecture and landscape in the overall Kim Lien Special National Historic Site. This is also a red address to preserve and promote Ho Chi Minh's heritage in His own homeland to educate the traditions, ideology and personality of Ho Chi Minh for cadres, party members and people, especially future generations.

Quynh Oanh