Inauguration of President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Room at Da Lat Children's Prison Relic

Delegates offer incense

Attending the ceremony were Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc - Deputy Director of Lam Dong Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism, representatives of departments, offices and units under the Department, together with the collective leadership, officials and employees of Lam Dong Museum.

The memorial room of President Ho Chi Minh at Da Lat Children's Prison is solemnly and respectfully arranged.

The memorial room is designed and decorated solemnly with an altar, a statue of Uncle Ho and a set of bronze worshiping objects including a tripod, a crane, and an incense burner carved delicately, placed solemnly in the middle of the memorial space; above is the inscription "Forever grateful to President Ho Chi Minh"; on the left is the poem: "The body is in prison/ The spirit is outside prison/ To achieve great things/ The spirit must be even higher" (Prison Diary); on the right are his teachings: "Nothing is difficult/ Only fear that the heart is not steadfast/ Digging mountains and filling seas/ With determination, it will be done".

Officials and workers of Lam Dong Museum at the incense offering ceremony

It is known that the statue of Uncle Ho and the precious set of worshiping objects have just been received by Lam Dong Museum from the Management Board of the Martyrs' Cemetery of Da Lat City. This set of artifacts has been solemnly placed at the temple of Uncle Ho and the heroic martyrs for the past 50 years, right from when the Martyrs' Cemetery of Da Lat City was inaugurated and put into operation after the country's reunification.

Implementing the project to renovate, embellish and upgrade the Da Lat City Martyrs Cemetery, the Department of Home Affairs of Lam Dong province has decided to hand over this set of artifacts to Lam Dong Museum to preserve and promote their value.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc - Deputy Director of Lam Dong Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism offers incense to President Ho Chi Minh

Deeply aware of the value of the precious collection of artifacts, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong agreed to let Lam Dong Museum build a memorial room for President Ho Chi Minh, set up an altar for Uncle Ho and worship artifacts at the National Monument of Da Lat Children's Prison - a red address in the City of Flowers.

Generations of civil servants offer incense at the altar to commemorate Uncle Ho.

Exactly 114 years ago, on June 5, 1911, at Nha Rong Wharf, the young man Nguyen Tat Thanh, with a passionate patriotic heart and a burning desire to liberate the nation, boarded a ship to begin a journey of more than 30 years to find a way to save the country and liberate the nation. The incense offering ceremony took place in a solemn and respectful atmosphere, the memorial speech of Mr. Hoang Ngoc Huy - Director of Lam Dong Museum expressed deep gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh in the cause of national liberation.

Mr. Hoang Ngoc Huy - Director of Lam Dong Museum read the memorial words

Mr. Hoang Ngoc Huy affirmed: The inauguration ceremony of the Memorial Room and the offering of incense to President Ho Chi Minh at the National Monument of Da Lat Children's Prison is also an opportunity to review the sacred historical milestone - 114 years since beloved Uncle Ho left to find a way to save the country (June 5, 1911 - June 5, 2025) - the event that opened the journey of national liberation, bringing independence and freedom to the Fatherland. That trip was not simply a geographical departure, but it was the beginning of a great journey - the journey to find the light of revolution, to find Marxism - Leninism, from which to pass on to the Vietnamese people a path of truth: The path of national liberation associated with the proletarian revolution.

Officials and staff of Lam Dong Museum offer incense at Da Lat Children's Prison

Uncle Ho's journey is a symbol of bravery and steadfastness, an exemplary example of deep patriotism, living his whole life for the people and the country. He is not only a genius leader of the Vietnamese people, but also a world cultural celebrity, a symbol of peace and solidarity among nations.

The President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Room at Da Lat Children's Prison will be a place to contribute to educating deep gratitude for the great contributions of the great leader of the Vietnamese people; at the same time, reminding the next generations to be aware of studying and following his shining example of ideology, morality and style, actively promoting the sense of responsibility, and contributing their efforts to build a strong country.