Published:  00:00 Tuesday - May 22, 2007

The Vietnamese embassy in France held a ceremony on May 22 to put in place the Ho Chi Minh Statue on the occasion of his 117th birthday.

The statue, 100 kg in weight and 1m in height, was brought to France by a Vietnamese delegation led by Nguyen Bac Son, Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee. The delegation studied at the France Administrative College.