The staff of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Vladivostok, Russia, lay flowers at the monument of President Ho Chi Minh. (Photo: VOV)

The staff of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Vladivostok, Russia, laid flowers at the monument of President Ho Chi Minh in that city’s Ho Chi Minh flower garden. At a celebration afterward, Consul General Nguyen Hoang Viet underscored the significance of National Day and summarized Vietnam’s glorious history. He said the enormous sacrifices of heroic Vietnamese martyrs for national liberation will be forever remembered.

The same day, a similar celebration was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Prague, the Czech Republic. Ambassador Thai Xuan Dung, on behalf of the Vietnamese government and people, thanked the Czech Republic for donating 250,000 vaccine doses and pledging another 500,000 doses for Vietnam. Tunde Bartha, Director of the Office of the Government, quoted Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis as saying the donation manifests the solidarity between the two countries, adding that the Czech government is negotiating the delivery of 500,000 doses of Moderna vaccine to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung speak at the celebration. (Photo: VOV)

The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile laid flowers at the President Ho Chi Minh Statue in the park named after him in Santiago. Among those present was Mauro Tamayo, Mayor of Cerro Navia. Ambassador Pham Truong Giang thanked the people of Chile, and Cerro Navia in particular, for their sentiments toward President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam over the years. He promised that the embassy will continue coordinating with Chilean authorities and people to preserve and nurture the bilateral friendship.

Consul General Nguyen Trac Toan (second from left) and representatives of San Franciso pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam’s General Consulate in San Francisco, the US, and the municipal authorities held a ceremony to hoist the Vietnamese flag on Wednesday to mark the country’s 76th National Day. Consul General Nguyen Trac Toan spoke highly of the contributions by the local authorities to promoting relations between the two countries, especially the determination to establish the sisterly relationship with Ho Chi Minh City right before the two nations normalized their diplomatic relations.

On Wednesday, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan celebrated the 76th National Day, September 2. Speaking at the ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam affirmed that over the past 76 years, the Vietnamese people have experienced an arduous but glorious history, defending independence, reunification and national construction, realizing the goals of freedom, equality and happiness President Ho Chi Minh set out in the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945.