An extract. Party Leader's Speech at Children Congress General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Le Kha Phieu, attended the opening of the Uncle Ho�s Good Children, Congress held in Hanoi on July 9. Following is an excerpt from his speech there. "� I strongly believe that all of you coming here today and all of the children in the whole country will become responsible citizens, the people with kind hearts, good health and a mind full of courage to build and defend socialist Vietnam." "Representatives of children from several ASEAN countries are also present here today. I wish you have a good time in Vietnam with your Vietnamese friends." "Your families gave you lives, nurtured you since babyhood to become good children of the country. I am sending the best wishes to your families and your relatives in your home places." "The leaders and teachers of the Youth Union and Young Pioneers are those, together with families and relatives of the children, who have helped them since babyhood. Now is a prime time of your life, I hope you do your best to live up to the honourable role assigned to you." "I am sending my best regards to your teachers and friends for a nice summer holidays, to be ready for the first school year of the new century." "Our country, in the old time, had one doctor degree holder who was 13 years old called Nguyen Hien. In recent time, we had many young heroes such as Ly Tu Trong, Kim Dong, Le Van Tam and Ko-pa Ko-long. I believe that nearly 14 million members of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers League will become the masters of this nation and will build it into a prosperous, powerful, democratic fair and happy nation." "The Fatherland, the Party, the people and your families place their trust in you." __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
