Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong received Raymond Aubrac, former member of the French parliament and a close friend of President Ho Chi Minh, in Hanoi on May 14.

 

Raymond Aubrac, 96, expressed his pleasure to return and witness changes in Vietnam, particularly his attendance of the international seminar on Ho Chi Minh’s heritages on the occasion of 120 th birthday of the president.

 

Raymond Aubrac also expressed his admiration and sentiment to the President, saying that the great man led the Vietnamese people to defeat the French colonialists and the American imperialists while in the two countries, progressive people still supported him as well as his country. That was a unusual case in history, he said.

 

He highlighted Ho Chi Minh’s heritages, describing them as treasures of the Vietnamese people.

 

Chairman Trong agreed with assessment by Raymond Aubrac and foreign scientists, saying that President Ho Chi Minh’s valuable heritages are his thoughts, style and moral.

 

Chairman Trong recalled a series of deep memories on a companionship between Raymond Aubrac and President Ho Chi Minh.

 

Raymond Aubrac, a French hero during the struggle against German fascism, is on a visit to Vietnam to attend activities to mark 35 th anniversary of liberation of South Vietnam and 120 th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

(CPV)