Dr. González Sáez commented that President Ho Chi Minh 's humanistic and progressive thoughts have gone beyond the borders of Vietnam and have had a great influence on all of humanity.
President Ho Chi Minh was a man of universal stature, a great revolutionary who fought tirelessly for the best cause of Vietnam and humanity, a very great but also very humble man.
This is the opinion of Dr. Ruvislei González Sáez, a leading expert on Vietnam in Latin America, in a conversation with VNA reporters in Havana on the occasion of the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2024).
Dr. González Sáez, who is also Vice President of the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association, affirmed that the great ideology of President Ho Chi Minh - one of the most important figures of the 20th century - still lives forever in the hearts of millions of Vietnamese people and all revolutionaries around the world .
He shared: “Nguyen Sinh Cung, Nguyen Tat Thanh, Nguyen Ai Quoc, are many names of the great thinker Ho Chi Minh. His humanistic and progressive thoughts have gone beyond the borders of Vietnam and have had a great influence on all of humanity.”
After many years of researching Vietnam, the Cuban scholar greatly admired Uncle Ho, who overcame his circumstances with his thoughts and actions, devoted his whole life to tireless struggle and became a figure of all time.
According to Mr. González Sáez, President Ho Chi Minh was both a dreamer and a realist. He dreamed of a better future for his people and oppressed peoples around the world, and he became the architect of a new Vietnam. He led the nation out of the darkness of colonialism, eliminated illiteracy, and turned it into a socialist country ten times more beautiful than before.
Today, the S-shaped strip of land in Southeast Asia is emerging as one of the 15 most dynamic economies in the world.
Since 1930, when the Communist Party of Vietnam was born, Uncle Ho spoke of the aspiration to build an independent Vietnam. He showed the way to lead the nation from slavery to the shore of independence, freedom and development.
As early as 1954, he wisely recommended clearly distinguishing between immediate and long-term interests, local and common interests.
Analyzing the phenomena from the perspective of Marxism-Leninism, President Ho Chi Minh understood that the context at that time was very complicated and in the process of comprehensive development; therefore, he called for necessary preparations and timely guidance, avoiding confusion leading to errors in thinking and action. His teachings remain valuable today.
Researcher González Sáez was particularly impressed by President Ho Chi Minh's simple, humble and approachable demeanor. His teachings were imbued with both theoretical and practical values, demonstrating a far-sighted vision, and were simple, easy to convey and easy to remember.
In the political report sent to the Second National Congress of the Labor Party (now the Communist Party of Vietnam) in February 1952, Uncle Ho affirmed: "Today, although the grasshopper kicks the elephant, tomorrow the elephant's intestines will come out."
His clear vision, foreseeing the inevitable steps of the revolution, was proven 23 years later, when tanks of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam entered the Independence Palace.
During a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Van Dong in Havana in 1974, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro emphasized: “Ho Chi Minh understood that only the working class could fight to the end, in close alliance with the peasantry and oppressed classes of the people for national independence and social liberation. That was an extraordinary contribution to the global revolutionary ideology.”
Cuban experts affirmed that Ho Chi Minh was an admirable leader of the Party and the Vietnamese people, a national liberation hero, and an outstanding cultural figure of humanity. He left behind many valuable legacies, and his ideology is the guiding principle for the Party and the Vietnamese Revolution.
Ho Chi Minh's thought is a comprehensive, profound political and theoretical system on fundamental issues of the Vietnamese Revolution but has a global scope, highlighting issues affecting humanity on all continents.
For that reason, the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Cuban Institute for Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) and the University of Havana wish to further study his thoughts and promote the values of Ho Chi Minh's legacy in the new era.
Dr. González Sáez emphasized the importance of studying and continuing Ho Chi Minh's legacy to pass on to future generations.
Uncle Ho's ideology and moral foundation also play a very important role in preserving and nurturing the special traditional brotherly relationship between Vietnam and Cuba. Although the two peoples are geographically distant, their hearts are extremely close and similar./.
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