The event was attended by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the committee's Commission for Information and Education; Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; and Deputy Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, and Deputy Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam.
The Ho Chi Minh Monument was built at the Military Region 7 Command Headquarters to span 2,150 square metres. The statue of Uncle Ho is cast in pure red copper, stands at 7.9 metres high, and weighs nearly 15 tonnes, with the total height of the statue and pedestal being 12.5 metres.
Speaking at the event, Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang, Commander of the Military Region 7 said that the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Monument is a cultural project featuring profound political, historical, and humanistic significance, and expressing the respect and gratitude of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the Military Region Command, officers and soldiers of the Military Region 7's armed forces for beloved President Ho Chi Minh.
It is also a meaningful place for the Party Committee and the Military Region Command to organise important events and offer incense in tribute to Uncle Ho, educate the tradition and patriotism towards the Party and beloved Uncle Ho among officers and soldiers of the Military Region's armed forces, contributing to strengthening the “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and lifestyle” movement, and building a clean and strong Party Committee of Military Region 7, he emphasised.
The inauguration of the President Ho Chi Minh Monument is one of the activities marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the Whole-People's Defense Festive Day (December 22, 1989 – 2024), and the 80th anniversary of Military Region 7's Traditional Day.
