Uncle Ho’s masterpieces honored as national treasures

Nine masterpieces, including five ones written by late President Ho Chi Minh, joined the list of 77 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 This treasure is a precious historical document and an invaluable property of the nation.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 20^th 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.