Minister To Lam visits school named after President Ho Chi Minh in Ulan Bator
PSNews - General To Lam, member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security, and the high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) visited the Experimental School No. 14 named after President Ho Chi Minh in Ulan Bator and attended the opening ceremony of the traditional Naadam Festival on July 11.
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| Minister To Lam and teachers and students of the school. |
The experimental school, where a statue of President Ho Chi Minh is located, was one of the first schools in Ulan Bator. It has maintained twin relations with the Chu Van An High School in Hanoi.
The Central Committee of the Mongolian People’s Party named the school after President Ho Chi Minh in 1980, marking the 90th birthday of Uncle Ho. Minister To Lam offered flowers and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his statue.
The school has some 2,700 students. The graduation ceremony of the school is also held annually on the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).
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| Minister To Lam offered flowers and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his statue. |
Minister To Lam thanked teachers and students of the school for their sentiments and kind reception, and hoped that today’s students of the school would make large contributions to the development of the country of Mongolia in the future.
On the same day, Minister To Lam also attended the opening ceremony of Naadam, the biggest celebration in Mongolia, taking place on July 11 and 12 annually. The festival was recognized by UNESCO a human intangible cultural heritage in 2010.
Naadam, standing for “festival” or “sport festival”, including horse racing, wrestling and archery, is held to honor men with muscle strength and masculinity. The most exciting sport event in the traditional Naadam is horse racing organized in the outskirts of Ulan Bator.
