Beijing (VNA) – A book titled “Guangxi Story of China-Vietnam Friendship” was launched in Nanning, China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
At the launch, Huang Zheng, former deputy director of the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences where the book is compiled, introduced its background, main content and academic value.
He said the book systematically describes four important events in Guangxi’s modern history that reflect the friendship between China and Vietnam. Key themes include President Ho Chi Minh’s footprint in Guangxi, Vietnamese schools in Guilin, Guangxi’s rear hospitals during the Vietnam War, and the “Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea,” from Guangxi.
The book also details President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in Guilin, Liuzhou and border localities such as Jingxi, Longzhou and Napo from 1938 to 1945. Between 1950 and 1965, he visited Guangxi several times, meeting with the local people and passionately promoting the history of Sino-Vietnamese friendship.
Additionally, the book provides historical documents chronicling the establishment of Vietnamese schools in Guangxi during the War of Resistance against French colonialism, the support of Guangxi’s rear hospitals, and the urgent and secret transportation of relief materials to Vietnam via the “Ho Chi Minh trail at sea”. These items vividly reflect the deep affection between President Ho Chi Minh and the people of Guangxi, established during the revolutionary struggle.
This book, which marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam and the “Year of Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchanges”, highlights the special role of Guangxi in the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam.
It also provides cultural resources and academic support to deepen China-Vietnam cultural exchanges, thereby contributing to the construction of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future. – VNA
