Uncle Ho’s masterpieces honored as national treasures
>> 37 items recognised as national treasures
Nine masterpieces, including five ones written by late President Ho Chi Minh, joined the list of 77 national treasures.
1. The Revolutionary Road is a book written in 1927 by Nguyen Ai Quoc
who later became President Ho Chi Minh. It is currently being kept at
the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi. The book is about the
morality of a Communist person, the political standpoints of the author
and the path of a revolution. It is considered as the first political
document of the Communist Party of Vietnam, orienting for all
revolutionary activities at that time. All victories of our country in
the national liberation career originated from theoretical values of
this book.
2. The Prison Diary is currently being kept at the Vietnam National
Museum of History in Hanoi. It is a collection of poems written by a
political prisoner who later became President Ho Chi Minh. The work
reflects a humane and optimistic soul of the national great leader. It
conveys the outstanding values in both ideology and literature.
3. "The call of national resistance" is the handwritten draft of
President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal to the whole nation for the resistance
war written at the end of 1946. It is being kept at the Vietnam
National Museum of History in Hanoi. The draft that was written on only
two separated pages has not only great historical meaning, but also
high values in Vietnamese literature. "The call of national resistance"
asserts the Vietnamese patriotism and willpower. This is the basic
starting point for all our victories.
4. The “Draft of the appeal to citizens and soldiers nationwide” was
read by President Ho Chi Minh on Radio the Voice of Vietnam in July
1966. The draft is currently being kept at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi. The President composed and edited the draft many times with the
most significant content saying "Nothing is more precious than
independence and freedom". The summon was usually broadcasted on the
Radio Voice of Vietnam during that period.
5. President Ho Chi Minh's Testament, the original will Uncle Ho wrote
over 1965-1969. The will is currently kept at the Central Party
Committee Office’s Archive Department. This treasure is a precious
historical document and an invaluable property of the nation. The
testament contributed the last important thoughts and guides of the
great leader for the Party, country, revolution and people before he
passed away. His thoughts would exist eternally in Vietnam's national
spirit.
6. "Spring Garden of the Central Region, the South and the North" was
painted by Nguyen Gia Tri. The painting is currently kept at the Museum
of Fine Arts in Ho Chi Minh City. The painting, drawn within 20 years
from 1969-1989, was joined by nine lacquer pieces.
7. "Two girls and a baby", a work by artist To Ngoc Van, is preserved at
the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. Being one of Vietnam’s top painters, To
Ngoc Van's “Two girls and a baby”, painted in 1944, influenced many
Vietnamese painters of later generations.
8. “Em Thuy", a masterpiece by revered artist Tran Van Can, is being
exhibited at a place which now calls the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.
Painted in 1943, the painting describes a eight-year-old girl. The
masterpiece is featured as one of the typical representatives of the
portraits in the 20th Century.
9. The Painting "Communist Party Initiation in Dien Bien Phu", drawn by
Nguyen Sang, is now being displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.
The painting, painted in 1956, fabricates a magnanimous moment of the
Dien Bien soldiers at the battlefield.
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